Word: personal
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...turn out Kilrains and Sullivans, but to sharpen the intellect and broaden the man. There was a day when the plumes of the knight adorned the cap that crowned the strongest knots of brawn, but that was an age coeval with bull-fights and duels. No person with refined sensibilities can look upon a modern game of foot-ball, with all its cruelly, and feel that it is in keeping with our civilization...
...When a person is young he delights in the lordly nobles of a play, but when he grows older he admires the worth of each individual in his part. The man who is proud on account of his social position is as foolish as the strong king on the stage who glories in his part. True parts are assigned by a power higher than our own. The angel applauds the man for his own worth not for his station or dress...
...undergraduate rule. All questions as to the eligibility of the various players will be decided by a committee consisting of Walter Camp of Yale and C. C. Culyer of Princeton; and in case of any disagreement between them the decision will be given into the hands of a third person to be chosen by the committee. This decision will be final in all cases...
Life is like a stream that has flowed on and on until it becomes shallow and is nearly worn out. Then it is God's person which makes the stream reopen its heart, and life, all broad and deep, flows on again...
...World's Fair will be in a space of twelve hundred square feet adjoining the large space allotted Harvard. Photographs of the laboratories, instruments, machines and buildings will be sent, together with samples of work done by the students and theses of the graduating class last year. Some competent person will be in charge of the exhibit and a register will probably be provided for the students who visit Chicago during the summer...