Word: mereness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...this very temptation one of the best possible opportunities for the development of gentlemanly instincts? It is this temptation, together with the temptation to "quit" and to weaken in a crisis, which enables men to make modern football of educational value in their development instead of a mere sport. Men would not devote themselves for months to the arduous training and drudgery were there not a strong incentive; and they would not feel the sense of duty in maintaining the standards of the game if the incentive were not a good one. Many people complain that football absorbs more time...
This attitude, which is a step in advance of that set forth by Herzen, was the ground from which Bakoonin's theories started. Bakoonin formed a most important link between the merely intellectual movement of the '40's and the revolutionary period of the '60's; he transmitted the legacy of Herzen's comparatively anarchistic socialism to the first Russian outbreaks in later years. There now arose a most important question--was the mere emancipation of the poorer classes to act as a stepping-stone to the realization of the most radical socialistic aspirations of these people? The discussion...
...power of concentrated attention, a broad survey of the fields of study, together with a better knowledge of one's own powers and adaptations--these attainments, said Bishop Vincent, and most of all, intellectual discipline with the aim of symmetrical development, should be the ideals of youth. For mere mental vigor, without a well-balanced conscience, intellect, and will, is of little value...
This evening at 8 o'clock in Sever 11, Mr. Copeland will read selected masterpieces of the short story: "La Mere Sauvage," by Guy de Maupassant; "The Revolt of Mother," by Miss Wilkins; and "The Taking of Lungtungpen," by Rudyard Kipling...
...READING. Masterpieces of the Short Story: "La Mere Sauvage," by Guy de Maupassant; "The Revolt of Mother," by Miss Wilkins; "The Taking of Lungtungpen," by Rudyard Kipling. Mr. Copeland. Sever...