Word: quickest
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...wielder of an "austere academical influence." There was no course in austere influences in my day; and we were never advised to use any particular brand of patriotism. In fact, we were rather led to believe that those who occupy the choicest places in the Republic should be the quickest to respond to its call for service. Perhaps we were misled by General Charles Lowell's reply to the man who proposed a regiment of gentlemen in the army: "What do you mean by 'gentlemen,' Drivers of gigs?" As to the loss of dignity from eagerness to serve...
...urging the undergraduates to prepare for an emergency which might call for their services, Professor Hollis, in his letter of Thursday, expressed the opinion that the quickest way for students to be useful is to learn to handle and care for their arms...
...generosity of a few graduates has provided arms for all those students who wish to prepare for the emergency which may call for their services, and the quickest way to be useful is to learn to handle and care for their arms...
...class and Weld crews practiced starts up river yesterday. The Weld crew got away quickest on the first start, and on the last, owing to a bend in the river they obtained an advantage over the class crew. On the other three starts the class crew gained about half a length...
...Harvard men are advised to come to Boston tonight to watch the Boston Journal's great bulletin. The Boston Journal is in the Associated Press, an advantage shared by no other Boston paper, so its returns will be the quickest and the fullest...