Word: nevers
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...think we can draw some lessons from our defeat. In the first place, our own interpretation of a question may be right, but it is never safe to be so sure it is right as to leave unanswered or treat as irrelevant arguments based upon a different understanding of the subject. If our men had said, "We do not accept the Yale interpretation; still we will answer our opponents on their own ground," the result might have been different...
...sleeping-bag of bearskin. To keep warmer we both slept in one bag, and, taken altogether, we were quite comfortable in our low hut. By the help of our lamps we succeeded in keeping the temperature inside at about freezing point. Our couch was formed of rough stones; we never quite succeeded in getting it even tolerably even, and our most important business throughout the winter was, therefore, to bend the body into the various positions in order to discover the one in which the pressure of the stones was least felt...
...found in the companionship of his books and the society of a few intimate friends the fellowship which other men find in the larger interests of the University life. By nature distrustful of his own ability, generous in his appreciation of the merits of others, he was never lacking in loyalty to his friends. His work as a student was characterized by literary insight, and his strong personality won the respect of all who knew...
...sleeping bag of bearskin. To keep warmer we both slept in one bag, and, taken altogether, we were quite comfortable in our low hut. By the help of our lamps we succeeded in keeping the temperature inside at about freezing point. Our couch was formed of rough stones; we never quite succeeded in getting it even tolerably even, and our most important business throughout the winter was, therefore, to bend the body into the various positions in order to discover the one in which the pressure of the stones was least felt...
Charles Eliot was born Nov. 1, 1859. At the age of eighteen he entered college with the class of '82. While in college, though never attaining any exceptional rank in his work, he was known for his fidelity and for his high and generous ideals. Almost immediately after graduating he decided to become a landscape gardener. He studied here, and later abroad, and began his professional training in the firm of Olmsted and Co. in Boston. A few years later he was taken into partnership by Mr. Olmsted...