Word: possession
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...successful engineer, he said, should possess endurance. He must have the power to work hard and persistently. Not only must the successful man have this power, but he should show it in his zeal to do disagreeable tasks. This trait always recommends a man to employers...
...degree should be required for admission to any law school controlled by a university." The following stipulations are made: (1) "Required" means that this should be the regular rule, without prejudice, however, to the right of a law faculty, to admit, in exceptional cases, students who do not possess a bachelor's degree; (2) by a "law school controlled by a university", is meant a school whose policy and methods are determined by the trustees of the university. The debate will be held at Princeton on May 18 and the choice of sides will be made public by the Yale...
There is a growing disposition to inquire into the social and industrial machinery and to demand that it be applied to the benefit of the people as a whole. The power controlling the policy to this end must possess insight, and it has been the experience of nations that the best governor is the body of the intelligent few. The abnormal condition exists none the less that the policy has usually been opposite to that proposed by those who have studied the growth, development and application of the science of economics...
...lecture was concluded with a review of the national popular plays, a priceless gift which the Bretons alone possess, and a unique outgrowth of the mystery plays of the middle ages...
...What would be a better developer of character than this? We are all acquainted with the man, who with selfish interest in his own affairs works on and cares for nothing, his college included, except his pencil and ruler, and books. Such men are well trained intellectually, but they possess but two dimensions. They have not learned how to tackle the world in the football spirit and fight for the honor of their ideal. Football, then, draws a man out of himself more completely than any other college activity, it absorbs him in a glorious ambition, and moulds him into...