Word: know
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...characteristic of Professor Dunbar that he hesitated to accept the chair of Political Economy on the ground that he did not know the subject well enough to teach it successfully; but the appointing power knew him better than he knew himself. At the time of his appointment he was not, indeed, the profound and widely read scholar that he afterwards became; but he had the temperament of a scholar, and the will to succeed in whatever he undertook. He had, more-over, the training of a man of affaires. His practical experience as editor of a metropolitan journal...
...introspective meditation. This led to his becoming a Roman Catholic, and to the writing of "Sagesse" in 1880. His existence was two fold, - either spent in debauchery and sensual crimes, or in meditation upon the delights of mystic religion. He was essentially a personal writer, and we can not know his works well until we know the man himself. His greatest service to French verse was in the music be added to French poetry. He was thoroughly artistic, and usually full of painstaking care though his works are very uneven. His verse is always frank and free from all taint...
...largely due to the fact that many of the men have not yet mastered the under-hand throw which is being taught them. The practice of running men down between bases is now done much more smoothly and quickly, as the men have grown accustomed to the play and know just what each player is expected to do. This innovation in the practice will render the men much more at home in the regular games later in the season. Batting practice will be started within a few days...
...general squad has not shown as great an improvement as the first, but the average is now much higher than it was at first. Many of the men do not yet know how to handle themselves easily in taking grounders, and as a result their fielding is often ragged and inaccurate...
...best stories in the number is "The Miracle of St. Anne." Those who know Canada will not fail to recall among their own acquaintance some such figures as the old cure, as Marie, as Pierre, or to remember a Sunday morning's mass in a riverside church, the long, narrow aisle, hemmed in by the tall gates of the pews...