Word: nearer
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...University represented in the parade which is to be held in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the City of Cambridge and we feel that the abandonment of the scheme would be a thing to be deplored. The interest among the undergraduates will surely increase as the event draws nearer, and cannot be fairly estimated by the canvass that has just been taken...
...letters of Edward Fitzgerald, said Mr. Copeland, come nearer the epistolary ideal than any of those in the list just enumerated. The late Alexander Dumas is reported to have said that a play should contain a picture, an ideal, and a judgment. One of these elements, the picture-said the speaker-should have a place in the ideal letter. It should also, if may be, contain an incident; and it should be composed with an exquisite union of correctness and ease. The letters of the poet Cowper are, on the whole, the best in the language, and Fitzgerald's often...
...their interest invariably weakens, and enthusiasm gives place to an indifference, which is the most discouraging thing a team has to face. On the other hand, if the practice is open and the students may follow the work of their representatives, their interest grows as the final race gets nearer, and they are ready to give their crew or football eleven the heartiest support at the time when this support at the time when this support is most needed. This enthusiasm on the part of the students is the best sort of encouragement to athletic teams...
Distance of the object from the plate plays a big part in cathode photography. The successful photographs of the human hand have been those where the palm was facing the cathode, which put the bones nearer the plate by a very little. The greatest interest in the experiments is because of its application to surgery. Glass can be easily detected in the hand and in the foot...
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