Word: quickening
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...heavy work. This plan of exercise has been adopted by the captains of the Harvard nines for the past two or three years, and it is wise on Mr. Cady's part to continue the policy of training the candidates in the kind of exercise which will serve to quicken the hand and the eye and make the muscles firm, rather than to attempt a system of heavy training. Last fall Mr. Cady had several of the candidates practicing of Holmes' Field under his direction and by this preliminary training he has been able to get some idea...
Then my footsteps I will quicken...