Word: feet
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...hull, and the boat is to be in readiness for the practice pulls of the crew in the harbor by the middle of May. The contract calls for a 52-foot launch that will steam 14 knots an hour for 90 miles. The new launch will be 52 feet long, about the same length as the old "Yale," which was built by Mr. Ayers, and which has been used for eight years. The boat will have a feet, 6 inches beam, 4 feet depth of hold, with about 3 feet draught. She will have four inches more freeboard than...
...Freshman Banjo Club may be said to be firmly on its feet now, and the temporary leader, E. P. Merwin, is doing all he can to make it a success. Rehearsals are held twice a week, as in the glee club, and the material promises very well. At present the following men are on the club: E. P. Merwin, leader; Colliam, Tuckerman, Olmstead, B. Wells, Snow, Howard. Four of these men play banjos and the other three guitars...
...average weight of the freshman Class at Yale is 135 pounds; the average height is 5 feet 8 inches...
...Huxley as from Moses and Isaiah. When the great light of modern science came upon the world many were weak enough to think that the old revelations were thrown into discredit; they fell down on their faces instead of remembering the exhortation of the prophet to stand on their feet and face the glory of the Lord. The revelations of today do not controvert, they add to and ennoble the grand discoveries of the past...
There is something greater than the discoveries of science, greater than Providence.- the direct relation of our souls to Gad. In this sense there is also a meaning in the words "stand up on thy feet." The whole teaching of the gospels is to come bravely and humbly for repentance. Fear of God does not need to be a sorlid fear but an honest and inspiring awe. Fear of God is the beginning but not necessarily the end of wisdom. Jesus Christ as well as the old Jews taught a manly religion; "though He slay me, yet will I trust...