Word: moment
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...know that they are there. But is not the dissatisfaction of your whole life this, that it is not they that get your most devoted thought and eager action? It is "the meat which perisheth" for which you really labor. It is the prize of the moment that sets you all astir, with desire, with indignation, with hope, with fear. All the time off there in the distance on its shrine shines pure and white the real ultimate desire of your nature, adored and treasured, but too far away and cold to draw to it the tides of passion, love...
...energy appeared and set an example of so much spirit that the crowd could not help feeling it. If Harvard men are going to admit themselves beaten before the issue has been clearly decided we shall never win. If the old spirit of working hard until the last moment, of cheering until the end of the contest, and of never losing heart can be regained, Harvard will begin to win again...
...first starting signal (a gun shot) will be given at any moment after the three whistles...
Faults like these are not so slight that they will disappear at a moment's notice. It will take the utmost efforts of the captain and his men to eradicate these glaring defects before the important games of the season begin...
...April number of the Monthly is of unusual general interest. The graduate contribution and two communications are devoted to the athletic question, and come at an exceedlngly opportune moment. "The Athletic Question," is contributed by Mr. W. H. Goodwin, Jr. He considers that the present tendency toward specializing can be counteracted by rousing a general interest in all branches of athleticts through class games, offering second and third prizes in events, and forming dormitory crews. A stricter public opinion in regard to training and to the efficiency of the officers of the different associations would also be "a vast stride...