Word: sort
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...been difficult to get the men to work for some time at least, and there is no knowing what an important difference it might have meant to the men in the results of the examination. This is but an instance of the many cases in which trouble of this sort is liable to arise from a continuance of the present system...
...cheering by certain portions of the crowd whenever either side made an error, and the hissing of all questionable decisions of the umpire. This was done to be sure, mostly by outsiders, but Harvard men must make a determined effort to stop it. It is just this sort of thing which brings in the taint of professionalism to our amateur games...
...that a man can believe or not believe anything, but really the broad faith is the best faith, while a faith confined and limited to narrow bounds, like that of the middle ages, shuts out the light. The broad unquestioning faith is the faith of love; there is a sort of faith taking things as a matter of course, believing that there is a God but perhaps not understanding or caring what sort of a God it may be. But the faith of love believes that there is a God who will order all things for the best, that...
...writer in the Advocate goes a little far in implying the opportunities at Harvard for instruction of this sort, are absent. They are present in a large measure, if we only knew where to look for them. In the English 6 debates, matters of current interest are discussed, and, although the authority of men fresh from the battle field is wanting, yet the discussions reveal points which are distinctly instructive in just the line the Advocate lays down. The same is true, in a degree, of the debates of the Harvard Union. But the important source of information concerning...
...information given in the pamphlet is of an interesting and valuable sort and there is no doubt that a judicious distribution of it would be productive of great results for the University...