Word: path
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...instituting a change. As for the specific remedies suggested by this article, they are so eminently sensible that we hope to see them carried out. It the board of directors have any vitality at all in them they have a chance to show it now by following the path that this outsider has so clearly pointed out to them...
...occupies the chair of biology. His work has not all been there, however, for in 1880 he accompanied Prof. Seikie, the geologist, in a six months' tour through the Rocky Mountains, and in 1883 went on a scientific exploration to the heart of Africa, following up the path of Livingston...
...college year which begins today marks another step in the downward path which seems to be the one destined for Harvard in athletic sports. The report of our defeats of last June, which are published today according to custom, open the wounds which were partly healed during the summer recess, and must awaken in the hearts of everyone who claims to possess any love for Harvard, serious thoughts as to the reason for our continued discomfiture. It is true, indeed, that athletics are not the main purpose of college life, but nevertheless, "Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth...
...seeks a kingdom and finds an ass. I want to discourse the secret of the success of the one man and the failure of the other. Saul found a kingdom because he was in the line of duty. Faithful devotion to duty in the least things is the surest path to success in the greatest. This is abundantly illustrated in our own political history. Henry Clay, in spite of his brilliant abilities lost the presidency. Seward who was sure of the nomination failed, and Lincoln, who sought only to be true to his political principals, was brought to the place...
...great disadvantage. The caprice of Cambridge weather, has made its effect more potent than ever, and if the elements have designs, they have done their prettiest to make defeat certain for Harvard, or else to make the victory more brilliant, since the obstacles, which they have thrown in our path have been great...