Word: vastly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...whom he may the gifts with which God has blessed him; to leave the beaten path of selfishness and give himself to the service of others. It showed how in particular the duty came home to Harvard men. In the college, more than anywhere else, there is a vast store of energy, vitality, health and wealth of all things of which the world has need. The problem which consciously or not is decided by each student is whether in the use of these he shall consult his own exclusive advantage, or shall consider that he holds...
...LONDON, CONN., June 5. - Fog and mist hung over the Thames all day, but these disagreeable conditions did not prevent the crews from having their customary practice. They were on the river this forenoon and late this afternoon and did good work, though there is opportunity for vast improvement. Steam yacht Thyra, recently purchased by Mr. James A. Stillman, arrived this afternoon and her master will report to Stillman of the Harvard crew, who has her at his disposal. She will remain until after the 28th and will be made use of by the crew when they are not otherwise...
...fiftieth year of the reign of Queen Victoria; it disputed with the Eiffel Tower the palm for interest and success at the World's Fair in Paris in 1889; it traversed Europe, crossed the Alps and the Pyrenees, and camped beneath the walls of the Alhambra and within the vast interior of the Colosseum at Rome. Princes, potentates and powers have all been guests at its tables and have learned the lessons of the conquest of the New World from conqueror and conquered...
...there have been exhibitions of brutality, a hue and cry has been raised against some of the most popular forms of athletic activity. It is the old story of use and abuse. That which may be abused must not be used. But the principle if carried out would work vast mischief. There is no virtue which may not be made a vice. Shall everything capable of abuse be given up, or shall we not perform a greater service for the world by going forward under proper rules and regulations? We may grant that limbs are broken and lives lost...
...much significance there was in the vote. This was the point on which there was the most general doubt. Dr. Conant said that he thought the action was greatly to be regretted. It was the result, he thought, of magnifying the evils of the game without regard for the vast amount of good...