Word: might
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...costume with that of an ancient Greek swell, is a most clever adaptation of the cartoons to the spirit of the "tragedies." And in the attitudes of the "Little Tin Gods," and especially in the bored and supercilious expression in their faces, Mr. Attwood has left little wanting that might give a perfect representation of the typical society man in "Our Modern Athens." In spite of the fact that the kind of man represented is everywhere the same, Mr. Attwood seems never to repeat himself either in attitudes or in faces. We wish to the little book the success which...
...time to athletic exercises are sometimes injured by them, but this very fact shows the great need of a professor of hygiene in the College. Under the instruction of such a professor men would not attempt to enter athletic contests without a suitable amount of training, and "English" trainers might be dispensed with. Again, many who cannot be induced to exercise at present might find it worth while if they could have good instruction, and thus the number of "hot-house" scholars might be reduced. We gladly recommend the gentlemen mentioned by our correspondent, and hope that the College authorities...
...congratulate Mr. Goddard upon his victory, and we wish that more Harvard men might have witnessed it. As it proved, however, Mr. Goddard had no need of the presence of his friends for encouragement; and though the race was not an exciting one to those who watched it, it was all the more glorious for the winner and for Harvard. Probably it will be impossible to convince the public that it was not an intercollegiate race; but if the newspapers will have it so, we shall leave it to the Yale papers to wage the battle. Mr. Goddard may well...
...weakness that is more than might...
...medal is talked about by the friends of both parties, the result of the race to depend on a single heat. It seems advisable, however, to some of Wendell's friends that the trial should be the best two in three heats, as Lee's incomparable way of starting might, in a single heat, be sufficient to give him the victory...