Word: greatest
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...offered by the Athletic Association for the winner of the greatest number of points in the two handicap competitions in throwing the 45-pound weight was won by P. D. Turner '09, with a score of 8 points. The results of yesterday's competition were as follows: first, J. C. Jones '09, 2 feet handicap, distance, 33 feet, 7 1-2 inches; second, P. D. Turner '09, 2 feet handicap, distance, 32 feet, 9 inches; third, C. C. Little '10, 4 feet handicap, distance, 32 feet, 3 inches...
...games on each schedule. We do not think that this is an exaggerated statement of the contemplated move. What then will be the result? We shall be at an overwhelming disadvantage, we shall be unable to compete with any measure of success, and finally intercollegiate athletics at Harvard, the greatest binding and unifying force we have, will tend...
This seems like a radical statement, but we cannot help feeling its truth. Athletes themselves admit that the practice is often drudgery, and its greatest pleasure is the feeling of strength that accompanies the gradual perfection of team play for the intercollegiate games,--the real tests. Shall we increase our periods of practice out of all proportion to our games, or shall we organize the football team in November and the baseball team for Commencement week? In either case the interest of the participants will be decreased one hundred-fold, and of that there can be but one result--intercollegiate...
Fichte's masterpiece, "Uber der Begriff der Wissenchaftslehre," was written with the purpose of proving the theoretical and practical philosophy of Immanuel Kant. His greatest axiom was "act according to your predestination" because he regarded the laws of one's individually as supreme. He was a powerful influence in the natural philosophy of Schelling and in the dogma of identity of Hegel...
...Agassiz is on his way to Africa, where he intends to thoroughly explore most of the territory not entered by Stanley in his search for Livingstone. This portion of Africa, lying just south of the Sahara, and occupying, as it does, the central part of the continent offers the greatest difficulties to explorers...