Word: sort
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...experiments in verse "Destiny" by H. T. Pulsifer shows perhaps the most promise. The conclusion, however, even while having a good conceit, is sustained only by a rather obvious invoking of the Deity. The remaining two contributions are in the nature of vers de societe, and verse of this sort except when exquisitely done always means so much more to the writer than to the reader that criticism is unprofitable...
...must be scrupulous. To be scrupulous means a good reputation and a good reputation in the law often spells success. The capitalists do not want men like themselves to take charge of their cases, but men whom they can trust, and they are willing to pay well for this sort of talent, hence the reason why a lawyer should have a good reputation...
About 1000 men ordinarily attend this conference. The mornings and evenings are given over to the business of the conference, but the afternoons are devoted to athletics of one sort or another, such as an intercollegiate baseball series, a tennis tournament, track meets, swimming, boat-races, and walking...
...rest of the number is of the usual sort, giving the life of the place in the last few months. Not the least interesting are the photographs, several of President Eliot, one of President Lowell, by no means the best published, another of Dean Haskins, which does not show the geniality of his face; that of Dean Wright lacks the twinkle of the eye which meant so much...
Unfortunately in some cases the House has been considered a sort of kindergarten to the Senate. Many men have been members of the House just to wait for the time when they should become senators, but most of these have been disappointed. Yet a number of the most eminent men in the history of the country say service in the House, among whom we might mention the four Presidents, Madison, Polk, Garfield, and McKinley...