Word: greate
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...match his only resource was to stand by the track and as the train thundered past, cast the broken lantern into the locomotive caboose and cry "hold her!" The engineer heard the cry and stopped the engine just before the slide. In applying the anecdote Mr. Moody said with great earnest, "I cast a broken lantern at your feet this evening and beg you to hear the warning." Mr. Moody's words were forcible and practical throughout and must have stirred many a man to the very bottom of his nature...
...newly papered room, No. 31 Read's Building. Will be let fur-furnished or unfurnished at great reduction. Apply at 4 Holworthy...
...those who attended chapel yesterday morning, the address delivered by the Rev. Phillips Brooks must have given great pleasure. The change in the ordinary method of conducting college prayers is one to be profoundly desired by all who have the religious interests of Harvard at heart. We think we voice the sentiment of the college, when we say that a few earnest words addressed to the students every morning not only renders the service more attractive, but must have a powerful influence over the students. It is a fact that the ordinary chapel service repeated morning after morning does tend...
...newly papered room, No. 31 Read's Building. Will be let fur-furnished or unfurnished at great reduction. Apply at 4 Holworthy...
...been the universal regret that the occasion was so appointed that attendance was not within the range of possibility. And while the details in themselves have been of a most absorbing character, the substantial honors so plentifully conferred upon our faculty are the chief reasons that this great celebration has been a significant one to Yale. The title is in no case the sole ornament of the man, and it is safe to venture that a good majority have by perseverance and superior abilities acquired reputations destined to be permanent...