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Word: obey (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...impossible, and in spite of the fact that the crowd is often cleared away by the officers of the gymnasium it collects again a most immediately. Of course this is all due to the thought lessness of the men, but let us hope that in the future they will obey the rules and render the teams material aid in giving them room in which to work...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communications. | 11/15/1889 | See Source »

...Cleveland's pledges-(a) Guarded, limited and moderate; (b) to obey civil service law; (c) to make "no removals for partisan reasons solely": Transcript, Dec. 30, 1884; Nation, vol. 43, p. 68; Civil Service Record, June...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: English VI. | 5/11/1888 | See Source »

...thus showing what He means. Christ does not communicate his nature by mere contact or mere words: there must be the sympathy and the love which comes from obedience. We need not wait to know what Christ has for us to do before we show ourselves ready to obey. Many knew by experience that unquestioning obedience was right. We know what the name Christ means; we know what He was on earth and what His standard is. We can trust Him, simply because He is Jesus. We must become children again, not rebellions, not defiant, not meagre; but simple...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Appleton Chapel. | 4/16/1888 | See Source »

...leaders who dictate to the knights and pretend to instruct them are often ignorant and dangerous men; (b) the organization has a tendency to train members to obey their leaders, rather than the laws of the country; (c) it teaches them erroneous principles of political economy; (d) it leads men to be discontented with their station in life, to hate capitalists, and to attempt violence in order to bring about a change in the present social order.- Nation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: English VI. | 12/3/1887 | See Source »

...referee's decision in ruling off Cowan for foul tackling in Saturday's game, the orange and black would undoubtedly have won the day. These gentlemen seem to have forgotten that one of our men was ruled off for precisely the same fault. If foot-ball players cannot obey the rules set down by the Inter-collegiate Foot-Ball Association, those rules provide that such players shall be ruled off the field. It is all very well for these gentlement to claim that the foul tackle was an accident, or did not happen at all, but it is a poor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communications. | 11/17/1887 | See Source »

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