Word: moment
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...that he can't spare a very dear friend. Yet when that friend is taken away he finds himself able to bear the loss, for there are resources in us unknown, and, in such trying circumstances, these come to our aid. Most people dread death, yet at the last moment they are generally willing to meet it. We come to a difficulty in life and at the same time we acquire the energy to overcome it. Like a stream which, when wending along, meets a seemingly impassable barrier, summons all its force and pushes its way through. As we look...
...ground in at least decent condition. If it were looked after once a week, it might be considerably improved. One does not expect a base ball diamond like a tennis court, but a fielder would like the ground to be level enough not to hide the ball at any moment after it leaves...
...that the whole scheme was faultily conceived. The lack of a responsible head may wholly account for the failure of the undertaking, or this want of centralization may have been, and very likely was, combined with other bad elements in the original plan. We ourselves do not for a moment believe that any one man was wholly responsible for the failure. What we asked for Saturday, and what we still think eminently desirable, is the publication, as speedily as may be, of the accounts of the association, together with a statement of the history of the training table...
...fourth number consisted of three solos for Violincello with piano accompaniment, "Sarabande" by Bach; "Moment-Musical" by Schubert and a Scherzo by Klengel. In these pieces Mr. Schroeder showed the greatest feeling and sympathy; he had to give less attention to mere detail and was able to enter more fully into the spirit of music. The first is a slow and rather melancholy movement and the other two are opposite in character and together they make a hard test of the soloist's powers...
...paper. Now let this officer or wealthy alumnus think that a large number of men are straining their eyes in this dim light for four to six hours, six days in the week. More and more the library is becoming the work-shop of the University. Imagine for a moment the men working in the chemical and physical laboratories behind ground glass set in windows, obscured outside by higher buildings and inside by partitions...