Word: gaining
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...distress arising from inability to hire efficient legal aid and can appreciate the philanthropic possibilities of the undertaking. Furthermore, the bureau suggests possibilities for practical training of law students, for the men taking part in the work will be more than repaid in the experience, which they will gain...
...subject which interests the public of today is how to gain dominion over adverse conditions. Dominion is not the power to work against the natural laws of the universe, or against one another, but is "the power to overcome evil by good." There are three requirements to be met before man's dominion can be realized. First: Man cannot exist separate from God. To find the real man we must therefore begin with God; that is, we must know God. Second: We must understand what is to be overcome. The human mind is like an atmosphere in which both evil...
...show an increase of approximately $15,000. About the same increase was shown at this time last year also. If the present rate of business continues during the entire year the total receipts will amount to some $450,000. In membership there has also been a substantial gain of 227 over the corresponding figures of a year ago, making the total present membership 2928. As the operating expenses of the year have been about the same there is every probability that at least the usual 9 per cent, dividend will be declared at the end of this year's business...
...attain true success he must understand the relation and relative importance of one thing to another, and he must not sacrifice great things to a few narrow aims. Man can gain comprehension only by submitting absolutely to the doctrine of universal love and by subordinating himself to his proper place in the universe. To the philosopher, immortality is so real that he regards life and death not as matters of importance but as mere changes of state. In Mr. Tagore's own words, "To unite with all things is the essence of goodness and the keynote of our philosophy...
...tonight, they will be practically intercollegiate champions. Princeton has some individual players who are justly rated as "stars," as well as a team whose members play well together as a whole. But the University team, though its early development was a bit slow, has of late shown a steady gain in individual brilliancy and in consistent team-play. The team's determination to win the hockey laurels from Princeton tonight, and its recent accomplishments, justify the undergraduates in feeling confident that it will duplicate the showing of two weeks ago in the Arena...