Word: heartly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...many the abolition of compulsory attendance upon prayers meant the discontinuance of the religious services themselves. In so far as the attendants upon prayers are concerned, such an event is a possibility. But it is no more a probability than that any house of worship, situated in the heart of a great and thriving community, will be closed for lack of worshippers. Each student is now expected to exercise, while a resident of the university, that discretion in attending divine worship which as a member of a Christian home he is wont to employ. If it can be demonstrated...
...marked individuality and striking personality and will long be remembered by his former colleagues and students for his chivalry of manner and his kindness of heart...
...elements of dramatic ability. Their only idea of by play seemed to lie in picking up a book off the centre of the table and rapidly flirting over the leaves in a pretence to read. The number of times which this unhappy book was laid violent hands on was heart rending...
...veins run side by side to every part of the body, even in the tissue of the blood-vessels themselves. The artery leads into the vein, which then broadens out to a greater size than the artery, thus allowing the blood to return more slowly through them to the heart. The principle arteries are two running up the neck and branching over the face and brain; two conveying blood to the arm, of which one runs along the biceps, and the other along the inner side of the upper arm; and one which takes blood to the lower extremities. dividing...
There are two kinds of unconsciousness, faintness and the stunned state. In the former the action of the heart is checked, so that the brain is cut off from its supply of blood. In the latter, the cause of unconsciousness is concussion or vibration of the brain. It is a mistake to elevate the head or pour liquid down the throat in faintness; the middle of the body, on the contrary, should be elevated. The main thing to do in cases of stunning is to keep the patient at rest, and aid the breathing. Here also, no fluid should...