Word: felt
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Often as he had to say the same things, he never said them twice alike. His comments were so sharp and searching that they sometimes irritated for the moment. But the irritation was salutary: the sting soon vanished, the lesson remained. For every student who was good for anything felt, upon reflection, that the criticism was wise and just, that its form was inevitable, and--above all things-- that the spirit that prompted it was sincere and kind, and he soon found that the seemingly ruthless critic was as quick to appreciate merit as to uncover faults or to expose...
...Those who actually do the work of conservation have, therefore, a peculiar claim upon us. While I was President, there were no two men to whom I felt I owed more, from the standpoint of the public service, than Messrs. Garfield and Pinchot, for the work they did in connection with conservation...
...large number of journals always at hand. With the exception of the Boston papers, all the dailies regularly found in the Living Room are presented by local Harvard clubs or their officers throughout the country. It is though gifts such as these that graduate organizations can make their existence felt by the student body in Cambridge, and that the undergraduate can be shown the ways in which he can do his small part after rejoining the ranks of the alumni. It is only just to the donors of these most acceptable gifts that their generosity should be made known...
With eleven "H" men back in College, and a coach, whose system had already defeated Yale once, Harvard undergraduates naturally felt that the prospects for this year's team were exceptionally bright. The usual number of injuries, however, has prevented the team from developing as fast as some had hoped. Perkins, T. Frothingham, T. H. Frothingham, H. C. Leslie, and Wigglesworth have each received slight injuries that have kept them out of many of the early games...
...which says, 'O Hell, we will win; let's have another drink,' but with the 'Harvard spirit' which spells determination to win. Let us all concentrate our minds on this, so that the players will feel the vibrations and be affected by it. In 1908, at New Haven, I felt these vibrations on the side lines. In 1909, I felt 'Harvard pessimism.' Now in 1910, I demand a solid phalanx of 'success vibrations...