Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...which is not the case at present. If he does make a change it will merely be one of policy in removing Cross on account of his weight, which may cause some shifting about of the men to alter the trim of the boat, but he has always had perfect confidence in Cross and will undoubtedly rely on his previous knowledge of the man and keep him. The chief effect of his visit will be to put more ginger into the men and wake them...
...Burns of Illinois, opened the affirmative for Princeton. He stated that the advocates of the tax did not claim that it was a perfect law, but that its fundamental idea was correct. He took up the conditions in 1894 and said that they fully justified the passage of the law. The people had seen that extravagance must be curtailed and that undue distribution of wealth must be corrected. This tax will deal harshly with the mercenary men of the world, but it is based on the broad principle of "equality of sacrifice for all." Before this time want, not wealth...
...hall of the Hasty Pudding Club was crowded to the doors last night at the first public performance of "Proserpina" in Cambridge. The play went off with perfect smoothness from beginning to end and the interest of the audience was not allowed to flag for an instant. The principals entered so thoroughly into the spirit of their parts that it would be hard to say who did the best. The acting of E. G. Merrill as Venus and W. K. Brice as Pluto was perhaps the most finished, while that of J. Purdon, as Cupid, the "chronic infant...
There never was a more perfect master of rhythm than Aristophanes. His verses are tetrameters in three-eighths time. His lyrics, which contain a distinctly operatic quality, are very fine. The music and dance which accompanied the latter are lost...
...consistent? If the Gospel is true, it must be regarded as integral, and the resurrection as a necessary part of it. The facts can not be accounted for except by the theory of Christ's divinity. Although often tempted, He remained unconscious of sin, and was finally made perfect through His sufferings. Thus He is the incarnation of revealed religion...