Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...public more than any other American university. Her professors have been contributors to the leading magazines and journals; and several useful text-books have been published which have already made their way into many schools and colleges. Publications on subjects ranging from sociology to botany show the unconservative spirit of the University. And the uniform excellence of the productions reflect credit on the authors, besides being an evidence of incalculable value on the advantages of the superior instruction which a student of Harvard possesses. This activity in writing points to a mild literary renaissance that, from the present favorable outlook...
...pass through. The impulse towards this transition is not a mere physical reaction; it is the influence of the revelation of a living God calling to us. Like the growth of the flowers in spring is the development of the soul answering to the gentle sunshine of God's spirit...
...committee. This change would demand approval. The temptation to extravagance should be removed as far as possible. We understand that the recommendations of the report have been adopted by the directors and that a new policy was inaugurated yesterday. If these changes can be carried out in the spirit in which they have been begun we see no reason to predict failure...
...writer of the communication published this morning makes a suggestion which is a good one. The faculty has persistently refused to allow our base-ball nines to play against professionals, on the ground that it is degrading to college sport, and to the college spirit of gentlemanliness and fair play. There is no use in our going into a discussion of the subject, for it is one that has been worn smooth. But we do think that a petition, couched in plain but respectful terms and signed by the majority of men in college, might have weight with the faculty...
...have spread the author's all fame over the vast extent of territory where the Arabic language has been and is studied. They are looked upon by nations and scholars as models, and have been studied and commented on for hundreds of years. Mirroring as they do the spirit of their author's age. and having greatly influenced Arabic literature in succeeding ages. they deserve the attention of every one who is interested in general literature or in the history of Islam-that religious system whose adherents are said to number two hundred millions, and whose rapid spread in Africa...