Word: fighting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...result of the game was a great disappointment, though hardly a surprise to Harvard. The college had the utmost confidence in the captain and his men, and all eleven of them showed by their work that this confidence was not misplaced. Harvard made a most courageous and uphill fight. While all Harvard men are proud of the work of their team they agree very readily that there was no piece of good-luck which gave Yale the game, but simply superior play from start to finish...
...very apt to start slowly and get too far behind his blockers, but when once going he is the fastest man and best dodger on the team. If he will overcome his tendency to be satisfied with himself when he has made his five yards and will fight till he is down he will make a good...
Trinity has a very strong eleven, having beaten Amherst, Williams and Stagg's Christian Workers, and being beaten only 24 to 0 by the B. A. A. This means that they will give Harvard a hard fight, and make the game a very valuable one to the eleven...
...that of the juniors over the seniors. And in all the games which the two teams have played the '93 team has shown itself superior by comparison to the '94 men. However, the sophomores have been working very hard lately and may be depended upon to make a stubborn fight...
...Republican policy has been unfavorable to a military spirit. - (a) Pensions given through gratitude have been called a debt: G. B. Raum, Pensions and patriotism in North Amer. Review, Vol. 153, p. 213, Aug. 1891. - (b) It has accustomed the people to fight for rewards and not for patriotism: Pres. Cleveland's message. - (c) It has aroused disgust at the mercenary spirit of veterans: Weekly Tribune, July...