Word: showing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...tropics, plants take on the widest diversity of forms, thus adapting themselves to their surroundings. Among these forms are many which are exceedingly grotesque, while others are very beautiful. By means of the large number of illustrations and specimens which the Botanical Museum possesses, Professor Goodale will show the difference between our erratic spring, where the vegetation is still dormant, and this season in the tropical regions, where plants are growing in great profusion...
...last kind of faith, which cannot be over-emphasized, is faith in God. Man needs the restraining influence which is obtained in no other way than in a firm faith in a divine power. It was this powerful faith which led Christians to die as martyrs, and thus show themselves worthy of the great cause for which they died. Men who live for themselves live small lives, as history has often shown. To be effective and happy a man must have faith in himself, faith in mankind, faith in his government, and faith...
...trade" or to deceive the umpire by some little ruse. Now such tactics ought never to be introduced into college athletics. They must above all be kept clean in order to accomplish their purpose of teaching healthful manliness. A glance at the newspapers during the league baseball season will show the number of petty disputes which occur between players and umpires, too often when the player knows he is in the wrong. Besides this the professional usually has his own reputation to consider. This depends on the success of the team, and this success he is willing to attain...
...mysterious and improper as one fears it was meant to be; "A Lover to his Too Docile Lady," three neatly turned stanzas on a conventional theme; and, finally, the somewhat ambitious "Sea Lovers" of H. Hagedorn, Jr. This last piece has passages, which, in spite of some tantalizing obscurity, show a quite remarkable control of blank verse and a simulation of emotion so successful as almost to make one believe...
After a cursory review of the ground already covered, Mr. Mallock showed that the statement, made by socialists, that all capitalists are actuated by greed alone in the amassing of wealth was mainly true, but that the very admission of this fact shows how impossible it would be to reduce society to a coercive system. By placing all men on an equal basis and granting no advantages to exceptional ability, such ability would very soon cease to show itself. It has already been shown that the very essential of national wealth is managing ability, and thus, with its withdrawal...