Word: strength
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...passion and power throughout. The descriptions of New England funerals which are to be found several times in the stories of Mary Wilkens are masterpieces of their kind. Another feature of her writings is that sad New England love, which finds it easier to renounce than to possess. Iron strength of will is the merit and at the same time the fault of "Pembroke," for no less than six characters in this story are gifted with this quality...
...time of Corneille's Cid man was constantly called upon to fight either for his country or honor, so that strength of character and firmness of will were as necessary to existence as life itself. Corneille put Don Rodrique face to face with fate and then left him to conquer or perish as might be. It is the wonderful consistency with which the character of the Cid is developed in relation to the other personages in the play which mark the genius of Corneille...
...general interest their work will excite this year among all Harvard men. Last year it was the general impression among those who knew, that our material in Cambridge would make a team that was more than a match for Yale, but when we came to the trial of our strength we met defeat by a narrow margin...
...statistics which Dr. Sargent has furnished to this year's Index seem fairly to prove that an increasing interest in physical culture has had its effect in raising the average of strength and development among students. Scores of men now reach the mark in the tests which a dozen years ago was only attained by a very few. Of course there are many more men taking these tests than formerly; perhaps there is more of tendency to train regularly to make records. It is only right, however, to attribute the greater part of the improvement in the records...
...large number of the following strength tests are the same as those of the last few years, but it will be noted that this year there are fifty-one men in the University who have the record attained by only forty-two men last year...