Word: train
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Beecher did not give utterance to the words quoted, nor was the sentiment which he wishes to convey, and which he did convey to those present, such as our contemporary would have its readers believe. Captain Beecher did not train his team "to fight the referee," nor did any one who heard what he said take it that way. The idea which he did give was that he had trained his team to win in spite of all obstacles, even if the referee were one of them. If the Harvard papers have reached that state where they wish to stake...
...wish to call attention to the announcement of the H. A. A. in another column. It is of the utmost importance to the success of the Mott Haven team this year that everybody who has any athletic skill should go to work and train for a position on the team. The contests which are to be given this winter are intended to bring out new men and raise the standard of the men we already have in three events which it is very important for us to win at New York next spring. Those events are chosen partly because...
...principles and methods of the Knights of Labor are in keeping with the institutions of our country. The order also tends to train the laborer into capacity for better citizenship.- Paper by J. G. Brooks, Sept...
...leaders who dictate to the knights and pretend to instruct them are often ignorant and dangerous men; (b) the organization has a tendency to train members to obey their leaders, rather than the laws of the country; (c) it teaches them erroneous principles of political economy; (d) it leads men to be discontented with their station in life, to hate capitalists, and to attempt violence in order to bring about a change in the present social order.- Nation...
Seward, pitcher of the Athletics, will train the Williams nine next year...