Word: thirsting
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...waiting while they ask questions about little technicalities which are entirely subordinate. Of course questions are all right in their place, and questions of a general character are certainly in place during a recitation or lecture. But when a man asks about little points which interest him alone, his thirst for knowledge is rendering him decidedly obnoxious. This is what is happening very frequently at present. Where only a year is given to courses covering immense amounts of matter, a class has no time to wait till every individual is absolutely sure of every point. A few minutes might well...
...effect that everyday life and familiar college incidents are most worthy of the attention of the writer for college papers. For in this particular story, there is plenty of the tragic and blood-curdling, plenty of scenes far removed from ordinary human life. The mingling of disappointed love, hate, thirst for revenge, compacts with Satan, and murder in one crucible is so seldom seen in college stories, that it would be hard to criticize this tale from a college standpoint. We will say that Mr. Brown has struggled bravely with the difficulties before him, and in certain descriptions...
...goods of this world had been liberally showered, and yet with all these gifts and advantages he was disgusted with himself and was in search of something higher, of life, eternal life. All true and earnest men are imbued with just such sentiments, and they will all feel a thirst for the fullness and richness of life, which desires can be gratified only by eternal life. And to all such the only advice to give is the answer that the Master gave to the young lawyer-"Come and follow...
...people will read a popular book, such as "The Student Life at Harvard," and then imagine that all young men here follow the course of its hero. Others will read the life of some famous graduate, and from this will be led to believe that all students, in their thirst for knowledge, overwork themselves, and pass through such a course of discipline and self denial...
...substance which when introduced into the body supplies the material which renews some structure or maintains some vital process." Alcohol cannot be considered as a food, except to the extent that it reduces waste of tissue. As a heat producer it is inferior to fat. Hunger and thirst are the demands of our bodies for food. Thirst is far less endurable than hunger; liquids enter into every part of the body...