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...church, he made his avocation the conduct of the editorial chair in the North American Review. This work he carried on for five years before giving it up to devote himself to his many other interests. He was always active and in his old age was an example of pluck and energy. Every where people looked up to him and as a leader in religious communion none was more widely known or more honored than...
...good news-gatherer to be a good reporter. Ability to put his news in presentable form will count, but not for nearly so much as the ability to get the news. A successful reporter ought to have all of these qualities, - health, temperance, observation, strong memory, accuracy, pluck, and tact. Health is indispensable for the hard, irregular, and worried life. Without temperance, a reporter never can inspire his superior with confidence. To gather his news he must have observation, that is plain; there are circumstances when a strong memory is the only means for retaining it, and that will become...
...professors. They undoubtedly carry their drinking too far, but there are remarkably few drunkards in consideration of the great extent of drinking. The old practice of duelling has in almost all cases lost its elements of danger; the duels are now mere contests, and friendly contests at that, of pluck and skill. It is noteworthy that such a thing as betting or gambling is absolutely unknown among them...
...admiration for men who can work with such earnestness and determination. It is long since Harvard has played such football as she played Saturday. We can almost forget our defeat in the remembrance of that exhibition of football; we can but admire the men who can show the pluck and grit that has brought such a sudden change in the play of the eleven. The game was beyond the expectation of the college - from first to last it was magnificent...
...Brewer's pluck was a match for Yale's brutality, and he held the ball tight, and it was so throughout the game. Not once did the Harvard backs give way or weaken before the vicious onslaught of the Yale ends and tackles, and happily not once were they severely injured...