Word: kills
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...course that at the outset the club threatens to be too large for success. The success in the limitation of membership of any club is seen in the conduct of every well-known society which commands a "waiting list." But it is just such limitation which would kill the university club at the outset. What then is left? On each side an almost utter impossiblity of success. This plan is not new, for it has been tried, and that unsuccessfully, in the largest college society; and a new plan must seek further and deeper than the plan now proposed promises...
...relentless law of nature. A deceitful man will have deceitful sons, and defaulters are the natural result of the tampering of consciences by tricky employers. Jacob and David advanced by the cynical man as "typical" saints. No man suffered for their sins more certainly or heavily than they, "Jacob killed a kid and goes and lies to his father, then Jacob's sons kill a kid and lie to him," forms a fit summary of Jacob's life to those who are acquainted with it. David, a powerful king, suffered many years of torture for his black crimes. He committed...
...wish, in bidding our readers farewell on this short recess, to extend to them the customary gratulations for a recess. The mill pauses. The grist no longer is ground. Silence is with the visitor as he gazes at our youthful and ardent Cambridge cousin doing his best to kill the sprouting grass...
...chances of success, every man may have pretty much what he wants if he wants it hard enough, and every man will stop in his place when he gets there. Good physical qualifications are necessary. Nearly every successful lawyer breaks down in middle life. Intellectual effort alone will rarely kill. It is anxiety that kills. The law is not infinite. An enlightened understanding and command of it is possible. Charm of voice and manner is desirable, but not necessary to success. A soothing and composed manner, tack, and good judgment especially, are desirable. Successful lawyers are, as a rule, honest...
Whew! "Harvard students held a ratting match several days since for $200 a side. One of the team, from the West, owned a black-and-tan terrier, which he backed to kill fifty rats in thirty minutes. The dog beat the time be ten seconds, and $1000 changed hands. - Exonian...