Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...word must be said about the peculiar principles of honor that govern the actions of some men, who damage the boats seriously, and then refuse to pay for the repairs. No organization, however perfect, can present a good financial report when it has men of this class among its members...
...left to England, however, to perfect the machine, and combine with elegance and strength the simplicity of the present bicycle; and in fact the bicycle of to-day is as superior to the velocipede of 1869 as that was superior to the hobby-horse...
...account current were these : Clothing, $ 19.25 ; literature, $ 21.30 ; postage, $ 3.66; books (text and reference), $ 40.36 ; board, $ 34.06; rent and furniture, $ 37.10 ; car-fare, $ 14.50; washing, $1.59; miscellaneous, $9.56. The year's board bill, it seems, was only $ 34.06 ; and he affirms that he did not starve, but enjoyed perfect health. The members of the labor corps, he says, kept house, bought their own provisions, and cooked their food themselves...
...easiest) course to pursue." I have it now, though, a happy thought has just struck me; indeed, I wonder that the thought never came to any one else. Our great system of education is not complete, as has heretofore been supposed. One thing is wanting to perfect the plan, and consummate our boasted liberality. In short, all we need is a professor of phrenology. Nay, do not be startled; this is truly an original idea, and, moreover, I will show you the utility of my proposition. I affirm that no man ought to be allowed to choose his own electives...
...excellent thing in its way, it will not win victories in the ball-field and on the river, unless backed by continued hard labor. In the game with Tufts, as in the games we have played before, it was shown that in the modern game of foot-ball perfect knowledge of one another and entire unity of action play a far more important part than length of limb or size of muscle. As long as our men keep up their constant practice and good discipline, they need never fear their opponents on the score of size; but as soon...