Word: seeks
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...precious cause? In the university are members of all denominations, and those outside of denominations. We can make progress towards religious union by bringing people of all kinds together. It need never be feared that religion is losing its power. It is a permanent motive. If we are to seek union, it may best be sought through the lifting up of one ideal of human character...
...leave taking, but Class Day to most of us is the occasion when the graduating class distinctly cuts loose from its old associations. These have been endeared through four short years of the happiest kind of living, of preparation. And now Ninety-three of Harvard enters the world to seek its fortunes along the same lines which other classes have trod. Her record here has shown that her members are well fitted to undertake the responsibilities of a broader field of work. That health and prosperity may ever attend this last off-spring of "Fair Harvard," and that...
...difficulty here in carrying out the suggestion if the necessary funds could be secured. That these would have to come from outside friends is almost certain. Consequently until there is some substantial guarantee of the interest of the graduates in some such plan, we fear that any proposal to seek to learn from English authorities, no matter how excellent it may be, will probably accomplish but little good...
...there is no reason why such a matter as this should occur. Cambridge policemen are at least as efficient as these men, and are, moreover, responsible to higher officials. If protection is needed, let us seek other guardians than the roughs of the North...
...poems and his novels, the history of the heroic deeds of the North from the time of Robert Bruce and William Wallace. It has been said that Scott was a dull boy but nothing can be farther from the truth. He was early driven by lameness to seek occupation different from those of other boys, and he turned to literature. He was descended from a long line of true Scotch men and he loved Scotland and everything about it. His eyes and ears were steeped in the best of its scenery and tradition. So he naturally turned to the study...