Word: getting
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...that well-considered scheme, furnish us with the information necessary to a correct understanding of the great financial, political, and social problems which public men are called upon to solve. Such information, however, we are left to pick out for ourselves; and since we are obliged, in order to get at the precious bits which are of actual use, to take and digest an elective course for the whole year, we get all that book knowledge which, when without the power of practical application, is the bane of college graduates; while, to acquire this power, we have no instruction...
...admit the pure air, Professor Curtius was petitioned by the Germans to allow the windows to remain closed. In winter the case is still worse, and at the end of the hour the American student, who has been used to better things at home, rushes to the window to get a gasp of pure ether. Unhappy is the man who must sit in the same room for the following hour. Not only has the good air been exhausted, but the evil has been increased in another important respect. As elegance of dress and personal cleanliness are rare traits...
...hour, it cannot go into operation. It is now proposed to have breakfast from a quarter past seven to a quarter past eight. By this arrangement, it is claimed, everybody will be satisfied. The steward will not be obliged to prolong the time of breakfast; the diligent can get their morning repast reasonably early; and those who go to prayers can obtain admittance to the hall after that exercise. This plan will probably be adopted and go into effect next week...
...Look here," interrupted Renardy, "why are you, an old gray haired man, travelling around the country and talking like that? How did you ever get away from your friends...
...stroke at present is too uneven. The jump at the beginning, which amounts to a jerk and causes the stroke to slacken in the middle, makes the middle and end inefficient; whereas an even, equable pull from beginning to end, well marked and defined at the beginning by getting the oar-blade instantly buried on the full reach, and pulled evenly clear through to the end, is more desirable. There is no use in banging the water on the full reach. Simply bury the oar-blade, instantly but lightly, throwing the weight and strength on quickly and without any hang...