Word: strongly
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Wistful longing, strong devotion...
...much, but being, as you know, nearsighted, failed to grasp its full beauties. A pleasant young man showed me over the Hall. The Bills of Fare on notable occasions are engraved on slabs and put up on the walls; I tried to read these, but my eyes were not strong enough...
...efforts have been recently made to revive the Rifle Corps, a few words on the subject may not be out of place. Harvard has always had a great taste for novelty, and a strong tendency to drop anything of whatever use or value as soon as the charm of novelty has departed from it. Such has been the cause of the rise and sudden fall of the Rifle Corps, and there seems to be little advantage in attempting to revive it. It would be much better if those who are interested in the Corps would turn to other forms...
...corrected by other persons. This practice seems to us unjust, as the instructor is the only person who can make a just estimate of the knowledge shown by his examination. In the pursuit of the course he is supposed to become acquainted, to some degree, with the strong and weak points of the students who take his elective, and the examination shows how far his estimate has been correct; further, it affords him an opportunity of giving a student credit for apparent improvement. On the other hand, a person unacquainted with the system on which the instruction has been carried...
...slightly improved during the past week. His most noticeable fault is a general lack of smoothness and continuity, all his movements being stiff and changing abruptly, instead of merging easily into one another. His stroke, too, like Jacobs's, has a marked lack of vigor. Legate, while faithful and strong, has some serious faults. The use of his slide is bad throughout, and, when forward, he doubles over his knees instead of opening them and letting his belly down between, which, by the way, would enable him with more ease to get a good reach. He settles...