Word: triumphed
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...human character. From the romantic reveries of the imaginative, poetic Manfred overture, through the life portrayed in Schubert's unfinished symphony, a life beautifully calm, yet with its moments of sorrow, finally, to that magnificent expression of manhood in Beethoven's grandest symphony, culminating in the glorious burst of triumph of the last movement, through all the picture of varied experience, there ran a spirit that brought back to mind the beautiful character of the great man in whose memory, the concert was given...
This is the climax of Newman's thought as it is the end of all wisdom, - to know the living and the true God. It is the supreme triumph of his intellect, to will away the world and stand in the presence of his Creator. It is this singleness of purpose that gives to his personality its marvellous power over men, - the power of one who sees farther and clearer, whose life is wrapped up in the divine, whose meditations are of the Eternal. For it is the personality of Newman that is significant. As in his religious thought...
...trouble broke out between two factions in Chile, leading to civil war in which the United States, though neutral, became concerned, largely through Minister Egan. Mr. Egan's first mistake was that while showing courtesies to both parties, he plainly favored the party of Balmaceda and expected its triumph. Feeling against the congressional party was shown when they attempted to ship arms from a Californian port on the Itata. However unauthorized this act may have been, the sending of a United States cruiser in pursuit upon the high seas was equally unauthorized...
...game than Harvard and the score seemed hardly an index of the character of the two nines. The only hope for a victory in New Haven seemed to be in the change of pitchers which had taken place on both sides. This change certainly did contribute much to the triumph of Saturday, but the remarkable improvement which our team showed in every particular would have probably been sufficient to gain the day without it. The freshmen played with snap and confidence, showing no tendency to go to pieces or to lose their heads on the strange ground. A very small...
...work. We wish the College Man all success. WE cannot, however, fail to remember that every previous attempt at conducting an intercollegiate magazine has ended in mournful failure. It is at least questionable whether a field exists for such a publication. The College Man has an excellent opportunity to triumph over skeptics, and to show us that the repeated failures and final abandonment of the Collegian were due simply to mismanagement...