Word: firms
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...track, which has been carefully rolled and brushed, should be hard and firm by this afternoon. The field itself, which has been covered with canvass during the recent bad weather, should offer good footing for the weight men, while the high and broad jumpers as well as the pole vaulters should experience no difficulty...
...leaving Harvard, Major Higginson served in the United States volunteers in the Civil War, becoming major and brevet Heutenant-colonel of the 1st Massachusetts cavalry. While serving in the army he was severely wounded at Aldie, Virginia, in June, 1863, and later became one of the members of the firm of Lee, Higginson & Company, bankers, of Boston...
Work on the tennis courts on Jarvis Field was begun last Friday, and if the weather is favorable they should be open for play early next week. All the 30 courts have been thoroughly raked and rolled and will be marked as soon as the ground is more firm...
...includes the Governor of Bengal, the Mayor of Calcutta, the Canon of the Anglican Cathedral, the minister of the Scottish Church, the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, the scientific officer of the Indian Tea Association, the manager of the Remington Typewriter Company, the head of the leading law firm, the Comptrolled of the Imperial post-offices, the manager of the largest publishing house, and two representatives of large commercial houses...
...last kind of faith, which cannot be over-emphasized, is faith in God. Man needs the restraining influence which is obtained in no other way than in a firm faith in a divine power. It was this powerful faith which led Christians to die as martyrs, and thus show themselves worthy of the great cause for which they died. Men who live for themselves live small lives, as history has often shown. To be effective and happy a man must have faith in himself, faith in mankind, faith in his government, and faith...