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Word: powerful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...religious life, the preacher said, is faith. This does not means, as we so often hear it said, a system of belief, but a loyalty to a person, a soldierly obedience to God. It is only through this loyalty and subordination that our lives receive that power which enables them to exert power over those we seek to command...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Baccalaureate Sermon. | 6/20/1887 | See Source »

...fine toned guitar for sale cheap at Power's, 30 Boyston street, Read's building. Apply at once...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notices. | 6/16/1887 | See Source »

...obligation of contracts made by legislation is still in embryo, despite the numberless decisions upon it.' The merits and the true bearing of the excellent proposal to bring the Cabinet officers on the floor of Congress are well recognized and stated. The limitations upon the power of courts, in judging of the constitutionality of legislation, are more keenly discerned by Von Hoist than they are by some of our own writers. The fulness of the statistics in regard to various important topics is very satisfactory. We have observed but few errors; the author is not accurate in some...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Von Holst's New Book. | 6/14/1887 | See Source »

...Freshman nines have an opportunity to-day to stop the wild course of victories which has been entered upon by the New Haven athletes this year. In order to accomplish so worthy an object, labor and perseverance of a most exalted kind is necessary, as little short of supernatural power will bring upon Yale to-day the two defeats which we so earnestly desire. Harvard has five hundred more students than Yale. Her facilities for ball playing are better. Boston is the centre of the base-ball enthusiasm of this country, and yet men look for defeat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/8/1887 | See Source »

...nine's reception by the crowd at Princeton is inexplicable. That Princeton, Harvard's old ally, should descend to the tactics which are held in such general contempt, is beyond our power of explanation." - Crimson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Note and Comment | 6/8/1887 | See Source »

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