Word: merely
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Hall are quite as much to blame. If these men had been content not to interfere in what was not their business, and to wait for the action of the officers of the Hall, there would have been no trouble, and the incident would have resolved itself into a mere indiscretion due to inexperience on the part of the freshmen...
...Field and Jarvis Field will have to be used for other purposes than play grounds. Crowded out of its present quarters, athletics must go somewhere, and Major Higginson has generously provided the grounds on the further side of the river. It ought to require no more persuasion than the mere statement of facts to draw forth all the subscriptions which shall be needed for this all important need...
...watching these practice games closely, and by comparing scores, a certain amount of accurate prognostication can be made about the team. And there is nothing that helps a team more than to feel that an interest is being taken in them. It is possible to play for the mere purpose of beating, but it is ever so much easier to play, feeling that someone else is following every movement, and is as interested as you in the results of the game. The more enthusiasm the college can show not only at the games, but during the daily practice as well...
...Kennedy '93 was was in charge. It is the duty of all Christians, he began by saying, to give themselves to Christ and to spend their lives where they can do the most good. The time has passed when we can look upon foreign missionary work with mere enthusiasm alone. There are now 1500 million people in the world. 140 million Protestants; 90 million, Greek Catholic; 205 million, Roman Catholic; 8 million, Jews; 175 million, Mohammedans and 870 millions are Heathens...
...history we are awaiting the man who will give us literature and not a mere dull record of facts. It must be made interesting to avail much. Most writers speak of the pleasure to be derived from reading. The ascetic element in New Englanders demands more than that. Therefore, it is the general good to be derived from it which I wish to emphasize. However, it is not only the writers of truths which are attractive; Voltaire, in spite of his petty foibles, Sydney Smith and Lamb with their delightful humor, Heine and Kant; they all have their virtues...