Word: vast
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Such a situation is far from desirable, as it attaches an importance to football all out of proportion to its real value. It demands practically the exclusive attention of the squad for more than two months, and for almost as long absorbs the interest of a vast crowd of sideline shouters; and it disregards the real object of College sport--a general participation in healthful exercise for recreation and larger acquaintance. It is worth while considering whether the whole system of athletics should not be changed, either to one completely intra-college, or, as suggested by Mr. R. A. Derby...
...cursory glance over everything. Undergraduates are fortunate in having more time for the purpose than strangers, and it is for that very reason that the opportunity is almost entirely neglected. In order to gain the most from one's College course the habit of exploring the vast resources of the University should be formed early. Otherwise, as experience shows, our important collections will still occupy a position similar to that of the North Pole, and the undergraduates will correspond to the Esquimaux who live nearest to it but have no desire to find...
Finally the party was embarked on the King Fill-up and proceeded to Nantasket, where the usual program of events took place. The clams went down with evident enjoyment, and vast quantities of liquid refreshment were consumed. The water was so cold that the Seniors were unable to take their annual bath, except for one hardy individual, whose desire for cleanliness overcame him. The home trip was disastrous, but the Seniors finally arrived in Boston after severe losses...
...possessor a special object of admiration and of general interest; and if this genius finds its expression in verse addressed not only to the comparative few of highly cultivated intelligence, but through its breadth of sympathy and through its musical expression of simple elementary moral sentiments appealing to the vast multitude of common men and women, the blessing is still further enhanced. And if combined with genius be a character of exceptional purity, gentleness and graciousness, then the blessing of the presence of such a nature in a community is perfected. Such a blessing was bestowed upon Cambridge while Longfellow...
...Rebellion, the greatest war the world has ever seen, and the result was a Union, welded in the white heat of civil combat. This was not planned, it was evolved. The policy of national liberality to those who have built railroads and factories, was of vast importance to the further development of the Union. The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries have been characterized by contests for territory, but the twentieth century will be characterized by contests for markets, none the less severe because they are bloodless...