Word: sakes
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...their value to the state. They did not give their lives to win our sorrow or to gain the fame of posterity; all that they gave they gave for their country. They were indeed men of arms. The Union soldiers did not take up arms for war's sake, but for the sole reason that there was no other way to obtain the end they sought...
...effots in behalf of Harvard rowing have won for him the gratitude of the University, but it is not only for instruction in oarsmanship that rowing men have to thank him. It is for the example he has given of hearty, healthy enjoyment of sport for sport's sake, an example of unexaggerated amateurism...
...between scrub crews, held toward the end of May, would be highly successful. The objection that such an event would be an anticlimax to the regular class race and would therefore fall flat has but little weight. There are plenty of men who enjoy rowing enough for its own sake to make a well contested regatta later in the spring...
...before it this year a difficult task, and in order to turn out point winners the first step is to obtain all the good material available. It should also be remembered that no branch of athletics offers such a promising field to new and untried men. Both for the sake of the team, and for the sake of the individuals, then, it is to be hoped that tonight's meeting will be attended by a large number of candidates...
...athlete in the best sense of the word, he loved sport for sport's sake alone. In football, strong and alert, he was effective without being rough. As oarsman he was persistent, determined, powerful. Always to be trusted, his spirit never flagged, his courage never faltered. He was tried often and never found wanting. His character was as sturdy as his body...