Word: lighting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...burning light thro' rifted haze...
...moon's barr'd light thro' westward panes...
...light robes rustle thro' the woods...
...their classes would probably be as accurate as any other arrangement of them, but that they will remain so between now and the races by no means follows. When all the crews shall have left their barges for shells a difference will soon be observable. The Junior crew, being light-weight, will undoubtedly make a better show, and the Seniors will hold their own, to say the least. The Sophomore crew contains some of the heaviest men, but this fact seems to work against them. They are too self-confident, relying rather upon their big men than upon hard muscle...
...Sophomores have changed often, but now have nearly all their original crew. One is inclined to dip; two and three bucket and feather too flatly; four slivers out; five has a short swing of the body, and is too light on the catch; six is slow on the shoot and hurries the recover; seven slides too quickly on recover; eight is inclined to drop his hands at full reach, and dips too deep in the middle of the stroke. All shorten their stroke too much and look out of the boat...