Word: growl
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...management in the College itself. It needs no such defense. What we do wish, is to urge upon every man in College to do his share to cut short all talk about favoritism, because it does harm outside. It is very easy and apparently harmless to criticise-to growl about this man or that man who ought or ought not to be on the team...
...essential of religion is the conviction of the existence of God in unity with man. Would you seek proofs of this, look to creation. The sun in his glorious course, the moon as she shines peacefully in the heavens at night, the roar of the sea, the growl of thunder and the flaring of lightning,- all are manifestations of God's presence. In early times my forefathers had no cathedral but the earth, no ceiling but the sky above their heads, no floor but the ground beneath their feet, no altar lights but the moon and stars; yet then...
...looked at. The college should keep in view that nine men can not win a Yale game; but nine hundred and nine can. If the nine plays a spiritless game, as has been alleged, it doesn't make matters better to sit up in your room and smoke and growl. If the college shows spirit the nine can't help but do so. One would think the whole college was trying for the glee club, the way men save their voices. I have frequently seen more enthusiasm at a funeral...