Word: firmly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...letter of explanation and retraction offered by a Boston firm for their inexcusable attack on the character of a Harvard man does perhaps as much as can be done towards undoing a despicable act. But the taking back of such a charge as was made in this case, never receives the prominence of the charge itself. Every man has the power of inflicting immeasurable injury on others by even the most groundless imputations. A careless use of this power is morally unpardonable, if it is not absolutely criminal...
...Professor Peabody's house last evening. Mr. Birtwell presided and first introduced. Professor Peabody. He congratulated the committee on last year's work and on the spirit then shown. He said that while a year ago the committee was an experiment, now the work is established on a firm basis...
...letter "H" on their uniforms should be more carefully guarded than it is at present, if it is to remain the mark of honor which it is intended to be. No team should be allowed to wear the "H" unless it has the standing in the University which firm establishment and general popularity alone can give it. Without any reflection upon other sports carried on more or less successfully at Harvard, we believe that the members of the football eleven, the crew, the baseball team, and the point winners of the Mott Haven team are the only men who should...
Rush followed rush. For 25 plays Harvard kept the ball and carried it 70 yards down the field until the goal line was only 15 yards away. Then the U. of P. men made a firm stand and held Harvard for two downs. On the third down Wrightington made a short punt. As the bottom of the heap was reached Cabot was found clinging to the ball with both arms, about a yard over the goal line. The ball was punted in to Beale and Brown kicked the goal, making the score...
Perhaps he may be wrong, but far better have false opinions than have none at all. The unpardonable sin is inertia; a man who is not firm becomes nothing more than a nonenity...