Word: passe
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...things: (1) the good material among the speakers; and (2) their lack of that finish and self-confidence which comes from experience in debate. These men are men who ought to go on to cultivate their powers, but the large majority of them are not of a grade to pass the ability tests of the existing debating societies. I take for granted the undoubted benefits of training in debate, to the individual debaters, and Harvard's standing in that matter is certainly deserving of careful maintenance. But what are these freshmen to do? Their organization, by the terms...
...least not fair to pass judgment on lacrosse in ignorance of what its merits really are. The games which the managers have arranged to be played in Cambridge give the opportunity to form some reasonable estimate of the worth of the sport. Students will find themselves amply repaid for attending the game this afternoon by the interest of the contest itself. At any rate a considerable attendance is due in acknowledgement of the efforts which the promoters of lacrosse have made, and still are making, in its behalf...
...practice which needs to be discouraged. We refer to that of attending lectures by proxy, of being marked present when in reality absent. The point of honor involved in this intentional deception is sufficiently obvious; but in the College today it seems to escape the attention of many who pass in the eyes of themselves and of their fellows for strictly honorable men. More than this, there are men whose characters command respect, who are yet not ready to admit that they do anything dishonorable by occasionally deceiving the office as to their whereabouts. If they...
Whatever else Christ was, said Bishop Vincent, he was the exponent of love for humanity. We cannot tell how much he bore, but we know that it must have been much, for he said: "O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me," and yet with most wonderful self-sacrifice he added, "nevertheless, not as I will but as thou wilt...
...poets pass on along the other ledges of sin, wrath, avarice, sluggishness, and lust. They meet on the way several former companions of Dante. Mark after mark is removed from Dante's brow, and at length they also come forth into the brilliant light of the Earthly Paradise. Here Virgil bids Dante farewell, who while mourning for his guide is consoled by the appearance of Beatrice...