Word: sparking
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...strong, temperate men in college, who must form the backbone of a successful crew, refuse, almost to a man, to row. They invent countless trivial excuses lest they be disturbed from their peaceful somnolence and made useful to themselves and to Harvard. There does not seem to be a spark of enthusiasm where it can do any real good. Not a single volunteer worthy of present consideration has presented himself. Now, we can never hope to win a race while we go on in this way. It is impossible to get up a decent crew while no one cares...
...their cosmical relations the soul spark almost quenched...
...Each spark recalls a glistening...
These are poor arguments for some. They presuppose a grain of love for our college bricks and a spark of life still lingering in that poor ghost of a "glass feeling." But I offer them as an appeal to our better feelings...
...kindle the holy spark...