Word: lay
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...faith that he would succeed, and the third quality that he had was the good sense, the intelligence, the wisdom, call it what you please,--in short, the imagination to understand that there was no use to oppose a giant by brute force, and that his only chance lay in the use of a missile...
...victory is not to the strong. David, as I have said, had the wit to see that there was no use facing a giant by brute force. He could bring no brute force to compare with that of the giant. It was the intelligent use of the means that lay within his reach...
...Widener will be present in person to lay the stone. A chorus selected from the College Choir and the Glee Club, will be present to furnish the music...
Professor Gardiner took a considerable part in the teaching of English literature and Composition and was at one time in charge of English A. His chief interest lay in a course on the English Bible and in enriching the collection of Bibles in the College Library. He was the author of "Forms of Prose Literature." "Elements of English Composition," and "The Bible as English Literature." At the time of his death he left unfinished a history of the University...
...ripe for the establishment of such work in the school. The matter was recently brought up again by a member of the Boston Chamber of Commerce and after consulting Secretary E. H. Goodwin of the newly formed Chamber of Commerce of the United States, it was decided to lay out courses to be inaugurated next fall...