Word: man
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...FAIR presumption seems to exist that one will find in a college man a firm opponent of cant; if, at least, we mean by that term "the repetition of a creed after it has become a phrase by the cooling of that white-hot conviction which once made it both the light and warmth of the soul," as Mr. Lowell defines it. But however this may be in regard to religion and such indifferent matters, one cannot be so sure of a college man's hatred of cant when he comes face to face with something in regard to which...
...where man has never lived...
...plan of the instructor, which changes the exercise from a farcical affair, such as it was a few years ago, to a highly advantageous study, is to divide the time among the applicants in such a way that each man may have the undivided attention of the Professor during the twenty minutes allotted him. In this way all remarks are made to him personally, and to correct his individual faults. Such an elective, or rather extra, should be offered to the other classes as well as the Senior, to supply a want long felt among the students...
...LADY, being told that Williams had lost her rudder, gravely informed the gentleman that "that will make no difference; for the man in the bow steers with his feet." - Targum...
...seemed less together than her opponent, but still the race was very close, and a matter of doubt to the excited lookers-on, up to the very finish. But there was more left in one boat than in the other, and one more dashing spurt from Otis, every man in the crew well with him, left Matthews behind; and the friends on shore were hoarse with crying, "Holyoke wins!" Weld crossed the line fifteen seconds later with half a length of clear water between herself and Holworthy...