Word: powerful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...their best to find a lower level than the one they now occupy. No doubt such a task would be difficult but it is within the range of possibility. Many may say that the non-athletic men don't know about such things and had better use their power of speech on a subject with which they are more conversant. This is, we are convinced, a wrong view. A little more interference by the college might do something to get athletic matters out of the ruts which have held them so long. It might be well to note that...
Conscious sources are very difficult. Why should men write that the future may read? The only solution is the literary impulse which has always existed with greater or less power. In ancient and mediaeval times notices of sacred days contained appendices of the important events which had occurred since the last notifications. Unfortunately, most of the annalists of the middle ages were unintelligent. Most of the original sources of the history of this era have now been printed, through the energy of the modern German scholars. This brings up the invention of printing, the great value of which...
...from the Revelations III-8 "Behold, I have set before thee an open door and no man can shut it." In the course of his remarks Dr. McKenzie said, "The truth which these words express could be taken from any book of the Bible and merely means that the power of God is stronger than that of man. Christ, the Son of God, did not drag men into His train, but said, 'Come ye, if ye will.' The one thing, and the only thing that students ask is an opportunity commensurate with their ability, and certainly they have it here...
...with Columbia twelve seconds later, which is equivalent to about four lengths. The New York boys were crawling up a little, but though their supporters encouraged them most enthusiastically, it was of no avail. Harvard had too much reserve power. As the crews neared the three-mile flag, one began to realize that very fast time was being made, and many conjectures were expressed as to whether or not the record would be broken. Harvard was still pulling her 33 strokes a minute, while Columbia, who had reduced her competitors' lead to three lengths, was desperately struggling to crawl...
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