Word: sharpening
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...distributed among: the athletes. The man with the most muscle is the Great Mogul. To day Russell is Governor of Massachusetts, not because of his great intellect, but through the patronage of Harvard athletes. The object of college training is not to turn out Kilrains and Sullivans, but to sharpen the intellect and broaden the man. There was a day when the plumes of the knight adorned the cap that crowned the strongest knots of brawn, but that was an age coeval with bull-fights and duels. No person with refined sensibilities can look upon a modern game of foot...
...Higginson spoke first. He did not think drinking intoxicants a sin in itself, like murder and theft. Nobody can call it such a sin. Some claim that intoxicants sharpen the wits, which is not so, and is couriously inconsistent with common facts. Often at our dinners the brightest speeches are made by the cold water men. Following are reasons for total abstinence, (1) every young man should seek to make the best of himself and avoid all the risks (which are great) of intemperance; (2), he should aim at simplicity of habits, striking the key of his life moderately...