Word: sluggishness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...skeptical about the possibilities of success, I would recommend Mr. Norman's book, referred to above. Anybody who can read that and not be inspired to wish to see another Greek play before his college days are over, must be very sluggish indeed. Pray let this not be the last word to be expressed with relation to this important matter...
...some good air circulating. Much has been said, and wisely too, about the sanitary necessity of pure air. There is another side of the question which may Perhaps appeal more directly to the men themselves. Close air makes a man sleepy. His brain becomes sluggish, and though he may be just as willing to pay close attention to what is being said in the class room, yet his brain refuses to do its full work the man loses a large part of the benches of the lecture. When a certain amount of knowledge is being handed...