Word: mortalizes
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...overdrawn assertion but that some men thought it a degree more bearable than others, no good observer could fail to notice. The man who finds all his examinations coming within the first five days and that he will then have a two weeks' vacation, looks triumphantly at the struggling mortal next to him who sees with horror that his first comes on Jan. 27th and his last on February 11th. Every time when this "mene mene tekel" appears on the walls of Cambridge, there is a panic abroad in the land. Let the capitalist, the owner of ten days' vacation...
...Ordinary people saw a magnificent exhibition of cultivated strength and beautiful daring, with very few and very slight casualities, except in a single instance; they saw a dash and courage and enthusiasm that made one think better of the mortal part of human nature; and in the end a group of eager, flushed, panting young men, exhausted somewhat, of course, with such tremendous physical effort, but bright of eye, clear of voice, and as fine to look upon, in spite of awkward garb, as any heroic figures of triumphant Greek athletes...
...there is in everything which enters into the domain of athletics; there is danger, remotely, of serious accident as there is likewise in the most simple forms of gymnastic exercises. But for dash and vigor and the highest sense of physical perfection which it is probably ever allowed the mortal frame to know; for the development of manliness in the sense of stubborn and strenuous effort; for wholesome and innocent use of the fire and sinew of youth, in the fresh air, under the clear sky of heaven; animated by loyal purpose, and sparing no passing pang for the furtherance...
This communication was handed in to the CRIMSON yesterday by a geunine Memorial Hall waiter, who seemed in mortal fear that his head would be removed by the Pluto of the lower regions, if his identity was discovered. We assured him that he would be safe as far as our office was concerned, and unless his individual literary style betrays him, he may voice his wrongs to the world as often as he pleases, undetected. - ED. CRIMSON...
Here is a specimen of western base-ball reporting as shown in the Cincinnati Enquirer: "Umpire Young seems to be a sublime ignoramus, who adds bull-headed obstinancy to the most prodigious bump of vanity that mortal ever possessed...