Word: manner
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...works from Isaiah, "What could be done to my vineyard that I have not done?" The speaker said that the test of a religion is whether it answers the demands of a man's nature. Man asks for but a word as a blessing from God, and in what manner is this message put before men(?) We do not want an answer to our demands which is so much divine and so much human, which divides itself into such components. Rather do we want such an answer as comes in the form of a living presence which inspires and helps...
...exactly opposite each other and the strains equal. But in eight oars the outriggers are not opposite but alternate so that the strains put upon the stroke and bow oars are not balanced by any corresponding strains. As a consequence nearly every boat twists with use in such a manner that the port side near the stern and the starboard side near the bow are lowered, i. e. the boat assumes the shape of a screw. The cross bracing devised by the builders of the past year is simply a scheme to prevent this twisting. Mr. Davy's boat looks...
...boats for the Weld boat house are getting along finely. Mr. Davy has five lap-streaked four oars. This week he will have three singles finished. The four oars are nicely built and wellrigged in the modern manner. All five have exactly the same lines so that they can be used by crews to row against each other. The sliding seats are of the Kerns pattern and work splendidly while the outriggers are fitted with the Kerns pins. Mr. Blaikie has finished two singles and one double-scull of the kind called "compromise" boats. Of this pattern also...
...answer him. A general discussion then follows. The aim of the chairman, Mr. Joseph Lee, is to have as many points of view represented as possible, and he extends an invitation to Harvard men who can thus have a chance to hear workingmen present a question in a forcible manner. The subject at present under discussion is the eight-hour law. The next meeting will be held next Friday at eight o'clock and there will probably be talks during the month of April...
...seasons. Elaborate ceremonies for the celebration of spring and autumn festivals were observed. The "October horse" was known to the early Romans as a corn demon or harvest divinity. He was slain in the fall but kept all winter and was believed to come to life again, in a manner, in the following spring...