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Word: minding (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
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There is no harm in a games of baseball for the fun of the thing, but when a young man receives his railroad and hotel expenses for taking part in even one game, he is violating the letter of the rule. When there is any doubt in the mind of a student as to his standing in a game he ought for the good name of the University to stay out of it. Yours very truly, IRA N. HOLLIS...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication. | 6/12/1901 | See Source »

...than in London itself. Freedom of the press there has a real meaning, for the columns of the daily newspapers are used constantly by a watchful public as one means of securing faithful public servants. This is brought about by incessant criticism and fault-finding, that to the American mind is very distasteful. That it is so is our misfortune; for only by opting English methods can we reach the desired results. Perfect fearlessness in casting a searching light on evil-doers helps wonderfully to create a sense of responsibility for the equitable management of public affairs. The individual...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lecture by Bishop Potter | 4/23/1901 | See Source »

...Ezra Caine," a book by Joseph W. Sharts '97, will be published this month by Herbert S. Stone and Co., of Chicago. The story was first conceived, and in part written, while the author was a member of English 22. The morbid condition of mind of a man depressed by consciousness of a past crime was the theme of this original draft, and the analysis was remarkable, for undergraduate work, although limited in extent to a few chapters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 3/16/1901 | See Source »

...many that assail him. The battle which every man must wage against these temptations is a hard one, but it is only by this battle and the victory, that we may come in touch with the Living God. One of the most common of these temptations is impurity, in mind, body or imagination. It is a sin whose wages are death to success, to self-respect, to reputation, death to mind and body...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Address by Mr. Mott. | 3/7/1901 | See Source »

What were the qualities of mind and of literary art which made Stevenson the leader in the romantic revival? "I loved the art of words and the appearances of life," he once wrote, and in this sentence is contained the answer to the question. He was peculiarly a word artist, a writer of surpassing skill in rhetorical effect. He "loved the appearances of men"; he had a keen zest for romantic adventure, a keen curiosity concerning the lives and characters of men, and, above all, a sensitive appreciation of the romantic in scenery and history. The one weakness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Robert Louis Stevenson. | 2/27/1901 | See Source »

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