Word: rising
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Harvard graduates, but great expectations are not always realized. Luxurious habits formed here will not help him when he comes to work his own way in the world, if he has that uphill business in his future. And no one will deny that, as a rule, men who rise in the world do so by the uphill road. As for the professors, men so learned as to inspire awe and reverence for so much knowledge, they do not look as if they had occupied luxurious suites of rooms in their college days. One room, with bare floor, a chair, table...
...cotton, woollen and iron manufactures were then examined in their history during this period. The conclusion was reached that protection had, perhaps, benefitted the cotton manufacture while it was a young industry, had hardly helped the woollen manufacture, and had certainly had no beneficial effect in assisting the rise of the iron manufacture. In regard to the cotton and woollen manufacture, Mr. Taussig thought the restriction period, from the embargo in 1808 to the end of the war with England in 1815, had afforded a more effective stimulus than the actual protection given in the tariffs...
...Louisville Courier-Journal, noting the rise of ball players, remarks : "Among the old-time ball players who made 'home runs' at the late election was Robert E. Pattison, the governor-elect of Pennsylvania, who played first-base in 1867 and 1868 for the Harry Clay Club of Philadelphia, a well-known amateur organization. Something has long been needed to give an impetus to our national game, and if the players are inspired by the hope of office, we may expect that the material interests of the sport will advance...
...Account of the Senate of Five Hundred and of the Popular Assembly of the Athenians, their Historical Rise, and their Organization in the Fifth Century...
...Upon this motion, the gentleman in the chair (Judge Hoar) will rise and say: 'It gives me uncommon pleasure to listen to the remarks and the motion of my friend on the left. The State, the college and the community owe him a debt of gratitude. It gives me pleasure to listen to the motion and the remarks, and I trust the proposition will meet with general approval...