Word: imperfectible
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...thought fit to endow him; but he can no more trim the natural power within him to a pattern than he can alter his stature. Each man is different from his fellows, as are the leaves of a tree; and at best a perfect simulation can be but an imperfect substitution...
...thou canst not then be false to any man." But how can a man be true to himself, if he does not know himself; and how can he know himself if he mistrusts his own identity, and puts aside his special gifts in order to render himself an imperfect similitude of some one else...
...attempt has been made to provide proper equipment. In the rest of the buildings, the ancient mode of ventilation still obtains. Apertures are provided through which the air may escape, the warm air is expected to create a draft, and there the matter ends. Such a system is manifestly imperfect under any circumstances, and is altogether deficient in rooms crowded with students for a considerable length of time...
...great city attracts men of all classes; it draws men of great force whether good or bad because it demands men of force; it draws weak imperfect men because they think that in the cities they can depend on others. Work of most kinds can be done to better advantage in the cities than elsewhere. The problem then becomes not how we can do away with cities but how we can utilize them...
...resume of the results of our games with her, since base ball has become a feature of college life, may be of interest. The first game between Harvard and Yale was played on neutral ground in the year 1868. Reference to the scores given below will show how imperfect the game was at the time of this first game. The scores which today would seem large were at the time nothing unusual, were, in fact, the rule rather than the exception. We give below the dates, places and scores of all games between the two colleges from 1868 till today...