Word: grasp
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Although Prof. Cohn is not wholly successful as an interpreter of woman's character, his intellectual grasp of character and dialogue, and his keen and discriminating sense of humor are surpassed...
...present themselves as candidates for the class crew, will meet this afternoon at 2 o'clock in the gynasium It is to be hoped that large numbers of the freshman class, will respond to the call, in order that '92 may send a winning crew to the spring races. Grasp the opportunity and fulfil your duty to yourselves and the college at large...
...Sempers' poem "Solipsismus" is a strange piece of poetry. The lines are graceful and the metre is smooth, but the idea is obscure and hard to grasp. "Arcady" is a charming sketch of a bit of New England country life as seen from the car window. It brings clearly to our mind the typical New England farm. "Nemesis," a bright little poem of love, cards and capricious fortune, follows...
...slot about three-quarters of an inch wide runs between the tracks, and through it the clamp of the dummy or grip car is operated by the driver. The cable moves at a uniform rate, but the speed of the cars can be regulated by letting the clamp grasp the cable more or less loosely as the occasion may require. In the winter the snow is removed by a plough attached to the cable. In case any break occurs in the cable an alarm is sounded by electricity and the engines are stopped. The cars make so little noise while...
...religious use which he made of evolution. The judgment of our soundest minds is that theism is to suffer at the hands of evolution, not destruction, but reconstruction. Darwin admitted that no one understood the philosophy of evolution better than the late great botanist. Gray had stronger grasp on philosophy than Darwin. Gray was gifted with a clearer insight into the laws of the physical world. Darwin lost himself in the mazes of the first truths. Darwin had agnostic companions while Asa Gray had theistic companions. Huxley has been more influenced by Darwin than Darwin by Huxley. Huxley rejoiced...