Word: valliantly
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...Human interest" stories in scientific guise are commonplaces of journalism. But more than commonplace was a late dispatch from Paris, containing an ironic bit of information. Professor Charles Valliant was recently declared the winner of a prize of 15,000 francs, awarded by the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences for heroism in the cause of science. He was chosen because, after repeated operations, he has sacrificed both his arms in experimenting with the X-ray. But the Academy has now been obliged to withdraw its award, because Professor Vailliant is physically unable to sign for the money...
...University men who have received various decorations for valliant service, 33 are on the Honor Roll. Of the men who have died in the service 21 received the "Croix de Guerre," 4, the "Legion d'Honeur," 4, the "Distinguished Service Cross...