Word: manly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...even race, but Herrick finally getting the inside course gained about half a length which he held to the end. Time 9 minutes, 5 3-5 seconds. The fourth event was open to members of the Puritan club and was limited to open canoes, single blade. As only one man appeared, the race was a walkover. The fifth and sixth events were also walkovers. Stickney was the only contestant for the fifth, which was limited to decked canoes with double blades; while in the sixth, which was open only to tandem decked canoes, double blades, went to Cheney and Batchelder...
...difficulty men find in choosing a profession wisely, is owing to the fact that while in college they have only a very superficial idea of how the world's business is transacted. Therefore be would advise every undergraduate to take up some work during this summer recess. A man who followed his advice would choose the profession by which he could most help his fellows. If a man is in doubt between two vocations, let him choose that which will bring him most in contact with his fellow men. Dr. Hale believes that journalism is an unworthy field...
...McCOY, Man. H. U. B. B. C.CANOE CLUB.- There will be a smoker this evening at 8 o'clock at 65 Mt. Auburn Street...
...said that the Koran, which today furnishes spiritual food for two hundred million people, is unique in that it is the work of one man. All other religious books of the same character the work of a long period of years and one of many men working under widely different circumstance. On this account the Koran possesses a greater degree of unity than any of the other gospels. The book consists of one hundred and fourteen divisions or suras. These are arranged arbitrarily, in the order of their length. The suras appeared at different times, as occasion demanded. They were...
Mohammed was not an educated man but he was a man of wonderful power and intelligence. He doubtless got many of his ideas from the Jews, but we cannot but feel that he worked under a strong inspiration of his own. His writings are divided into two classes: those which were delivered in Mecca, and those which were delivered in Medina. The suras of the first class are enthusiastic and pathetic; those of the second class are characterized by cooler and better ordered thought...