Word: stilling
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...zenith of the sky. A single point however does not help us, and another must be obtained. Looking to the north we can find stars forming circles, and as we go farther north we find the circles growing gradually smaller, till at last they seem almost to stand still. We arrive at the north star but this is not at the pole, for by means of the helioscope one may see many stars nearer to the pole. Farthest north the circles appear to be concentric. We now have the pole and the zenith, and the points of the compass...
...think will deny that it is a matter that comes near to us, and one about which we must learn the truth if it be possible. Truth upon the matter must come to us largely by faith. We can give no mathematical proof of the existence of God, but still we are sure of it. We are conscious of it just as we are of our own existence. What we must do is to struggle against the spirit of the age which is inclined to agnosticism. The spirit of the age is constantly changing and it is more than probable...
Activity is play when one does a thing for himself; but when he is striving for a certain victory then it is work. A pursuit often begins as a play but ends as work. A man who has more money then he can use still keeps at his business. It is not money that this man loves it is the game. Another man works to gain a living and to gain and hold a position in society which is a burden to many...
Since you have quoted the opinion of the chairman of our Athletic Committee, Professor Ames desires me to say that he still believes that the adoption of the undergraduate rule would be a great gain to intercollegiate athletics, but that he also believes a still greater gain would be accomplished by combining with a time limitation of four years, as in our Rule 3, the more stringent measure recommended by Mr. Walter Camp, excluding students who have not resided one year at the university, to which our Rule 2 is a close approximation...
...judges will select those who, by the vote of the old Union, are to become the charter members of the new society. We have stated before that the proposed reform was one which will work eventually, if not immediately, for the interests of public speaking at Harvard. We still feel that in saying this we are expressing the sentiment of the college at large, in spite of the criticism of a certain speaker at the last meeting of the Union. We are aware that there is a certain body of men who have steadily opposed the scheme of reorganization. Naturally...