Word: superiority
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fact that the President refused to give any claim in the first case, - for the matter was referred to him before being submitted to the Bursar, - but did give a grant in the case of the Lacrosse Association, - does not this show that Lacrosse, in his eyes, possessed a superior dignity and importance? If ??? doubted the President's power in the matter, how does he suppose the Base Ball and Football Teams got the right to the land they now occupy...
...derived from membership would be proportionally great. The falling off in revenue would perhaps be considerable; but little money is really necessary for such societies' support. Then a man would be really proud to hang a shingle in his room, as it would be the just recognition of his superior knowledge in some branch...
...Take the first principle, - that of appropriation. If you see any thing in dress or manner that strikes your fancy, make it your own; but always cum grano mutationis. Flatter your model by a resemblance; do not offend him by an identity. Let him think that the variation means superior excellence on his side; be satisfied with knowing, yourself, that you have changed only to improve. Enough on this score. Your inborn qualities will either make or mar you here. No education, no counsel - even of the sagest - can help you. You must stand or fall on your own merits...
...first thing that is naturally sought for is a straight and favorable course; next the accommodations for the Crew; and finally, the ease with which the race can be witnessed by large audiences. The first and last of these requisitions New London possesses in a superior degree; about the second there is more to be said...
...COME Muse, let's sing of mail-boxes." And why not of mail-boxes? Yet some may be inclined to advocate the claims of the lamp-posts as superior. They may assert that the box is but a mere dependent; for though we find many lamp-posts without mail-boxes, we rarely, if ever, come upon a mail-box not connected with a lamp-post. But, mind you, when I say mail-boxes I do not mean the dainty, fragile articles often so misnamed; but the big, honest, ugly iron boxes that are painted green, and shaped like knapsacks...