Word: manly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Brooks spoke of the necessity for the strong man of reverence, of obedience and of self-sacrifice. The reverence which men feel toward God must be more than a pleasing sentiment: it must be a deep, powerful influence coming from a sense of the incomprehensibility of God and working to save the world from shallowness and failure. It is to be left neither to saints nor to cranks. The child must have it; the scientist and the mechanic. By reverence alone, which is the hiding of the eyes before the mystery and the majesty of God, can we know...
...either side. There was a high wind blowing and the cold, disagreeable weather precluded the possibility of good ball playing. The battery of the visitors was weak. The catcher was unable to throw to second base, which accounts for the large number of stolen bases. Trinity presented an inexperienced man as third, who was not a success. The playing of Wright and Cheritree was, considering the weather, good. The visitors scored their two runs in the sixthinning on a three-base hit by Barber, a base on balls, a wild pitch and a sacrifice by Shannon...
...given to such practices as these, it may be entirely futile to point out to their callous sense of honor that they not only show the greatest disrespect to their instructors, not only waste their time and utterly loose sight of the prime object of a man's entering college, but also become exceedingly obnoxious to a large majority of the class. The only way to crush out this disgraceful disposition on the part of a few is for public opinion to make it so hot for them that they will either keep away entirely or be constrained...
...HALL, Secretary.PIERIAN SODALITY.- Rehearsal tonight at 7 o'clock. There is great necessity that every man should be present...
...man who is drawn to any profession merely by the expectation of profit is very likely to be disappointed. To others the law forms a most attractive and fascinating pursuit. Certainly the maintenance and development of justice is the pleasantest of all occupations...