Word: minded
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...duty in a spirit which wins the admiration both of fellow members of the team and of the whole University. In the course of time he finds that his thought is so concentrated on the task which he has undertaken that he is unable to put his mind on anything else. Apparently with a full knowledge of possible consequences he chooses deliberately to continue in the same course and, as now appears, subjects himself to the college discipline...
...effects of the language of the Franks on French were not so deep and lasting as those of French on English. The name Romance, often applied to the French, Italian and Spanish tongues, shows their origin. Romance comes from the adverb romanice, to speak like the romans. Bearing in mind this historical continuity of language, it is correct to say that Latin is at present spoken in the streets of Paris...
...that interest centres almost entirely on the Pennsylvania game, members of the University should unite in giving a generous support to Mr. Deland, Captain Brewer and the men working under them. Such support is a curious, intangible thing. It is more a state of mind than anything else which makes itself known in the atmosphere of the University. But nothing can be easier than to tell when it is present or absent...
...Soudan." The lecture was particularly interesting for the reason that Colonel Prout had himself served under Gordon in Egypt and Central Africa. Colonel Prout had intended to speak of Gordon's work as an engineer; but as such a talk would have been chiefly technical, he changed his mind and spoke of Gordon's character and his achievements in the Soudan. The following is a short summary of Colonel Prout's lecture...
...character of these fables involves the attribution of mind and speech to dumb animals. In India, the earliest home of these fables, this was easy on account of the belief in the transmigration of souls...