Word: stood
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...additions to which are printed this moning, it has been difficult to draw any exact conclusions as to the character of those men who have taken the highest rank in their class. In order, however, to ascertain in a rough way what kind of men it was who stood so high, the following table has been prepared. The table is necessarily very incomplete, but it will help to answer the question...
...further legislation." Rev. Edward H. Abbott of Cambridge was chairman of the meeting, and he said there were two great forces necessary to meet and overcome the Indian troubles; the first is the law - representing Justice, and the second is the gospel - representing Truth. For that reason gentlemen who stood for each of these forces had been asked to speak. He then introduced Professor James B. Thayer of the Harvard Law School. He took for his text, the title of an article he contributed to a recent number of the Atlantic Monthly: "A People Without Law." We are undertaking...
...early life of Columbus there are no promises of genius about which so much has been said by some writers. He was what we would call today, a nautical and geographical crank, and it was mainly his own imperfections as a man which stood in the way of his early success...
...Paul, Minnesota. One of the pleasantest incidents of the trip occurred about noon of this day. At Beards-town, Ill., the Yale clubs were met and the men of both colleges left the cars and greeted each other very cordially. To the natives of the little town, who stood about in evident wonder on the station platform, it doubtless seemed very strange to see so many men, dressed in blue and pink gowns, rushing about, and talking so earnestly, and to hear, on a quiet Sunday morning, the yells of the rival colleges as the two trains drew rapidly away...
...spoke of the power for good which, in some righteous men, seems to come from their very presence As Dr. Herford spoke these words and mentioned the names of several men with such power, it must have occurred to the minds of many in the congregation that there stood before them just such a man, the presence and light of own strength and righteousness showed for them the way of good. The importance of Dr. Herford's work at Harvard cannot be overestimated. Though he has been a regular preacher to the University for only this past year...