Word: power
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...seems probable that '77, as well as '76, will be represented in the University crew in their Freshman year. With such material as the Freshman Class has, it is in their Power to do wonders at the regatta; but their enthusiasm is not as yet a prominent feature...
...still hold, to the idea that oratory is an art that grows by what it feeds on; that, while no amount of "well-arranged facts and settled opinions" will enable a man to "speak off-hand with ease," it is practice, and that chiefly, which gives confidence, ease, and power...
...thou emblem of almighty power...
...said, however this was, the Sophomores were certainly not the men to exercise this restraint. The belief in the conceit of Sophomores is a pretty general one, and may be correct. Nevertheless, it does not seem to me that this quality makes the Sophomore a less powerful agent for the Freshman's good. Conceit is objectionable both in Freshmen and Sophomores, and if the Sophomore has the inclination and the power to make his own feelings less prominent in the Freshman, by all means...
Thus, it will be seen, everything centred in the University, and it was thence that all this machinery took its motive power. To-day the system is the same, with the exception of some modifications of detail. The Grand-Master no longer exists, being superseded by the Minister of Public Instruction and Religion...