Word: secret
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...line was solid he backfield had time to get the elusive plays in operation. The trouble with Harvard this season was that the line was not strong enough to protect the backfield till it got under way; in consequence the opposing players got through and stripped Harvard's secret plays of all their mystery. . . . . It is a surprising feature of this gridiron season to see the Crimson down to sixth place in the ranking of the teams...
...Fields, his very self, to the Hub of the Universe. We should have been delighted with this years ago, and we may well be now, for a few years have done nothing to the power of this able comedian, and he appears as remarkably funny as ever. One secret of Lew Field's perennial success seems to be the fact that he always enjoys himself so much, and his merriment proves more than contagious...
...first suggested that the Masonic and other secret societies should be made larger and should become centres of political and economic discussion, as they are in Europe. Already he has arranged to bring leading Masons of Europe to America after the war to address the many lodges throughout the country to try to bring this change of policy about...
...after life. Some learn the lesson of close mental application to particular problems without the aid of a college education, but the fact remains that self-made men possess this all-important faculty. If statistics show that a greater percentage of honor men among college graduates acquire the secret of success, which is synonomous with the habit of concentrated work, then the odds are against the class of undergraduates who consider outside activities of more importance than high grades...
...What does experience mean? It means, doing something--employing other senses than merely those of sight or hearing. It means touching things, it means motion, it means action. An act repeated a few times becomes infinitely more a part of you than a hazy mass of accumulated fact. The secret is open: pick out the fundamental truths from the confusion,--there are hundreds of channels to these truths--and then experience them...