Word: vigor
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...from the other religions of its time, and stamped it with its peculiar individuality. The Hebrew system of the ology is preeminent in its intense religiousness. All ancient nations were religious, as Paul remarked in the case of the Athenians. But the Israelites pursued the theologic idea with a vigor, a persistency, and above all a rational method found in no other people. Religion was to them what philosophy was to the Greeks. This fact cannot fail to strike a scholar of both the Old Testament and the classic poets...
...French Library has just been rearranged, and is now open in Sever 21 for the use of those taking the higher French courses. The library was started some years ago, and has received much life and vigor from Professor Cohn, who has had charge of it for several years. It contains about 606 volumes, including encyclopedias and dictionaries of all kinds, and five sets of Roussean, Moliore and Voltaire. A the death of Professor Jacquinot in 1883, the library received many valuable books from him. Among other interesting things there is an autograph letter of Lamartine, given last year...
...sophomore eleven played a short game with the Boston Latin School on Norton's field yesterday afternoon. The Latin School eleven was evidently much out of practice, while '93 played with a good deal of snap and vigor. Their blocking off was especially good. Duffield kicked several pretty goals. The score...
...officers and instructors were members of the college faculty. At present the instructors, though still members of the faculty of arts and sciences, will form a separate administrative board, and will have their interests more closely bound to the Scientific School. The school has shown a constantly increasing vigor in the past few years, and under its new management ought to flourish even more. There seems to be a possibility of greater development in this branch of the university than almost any other, and a system which will favor its growth ought to be heartily welcomed...
...team seems to be in batting. An improvement must also be made in the general style and spirit of the play. Yesterday there was a tendency to the lifeless, mechanical work that was so noticeable and discouraging in last year's nine. The players must get more snap and vigor with their batting and fielding before they can hope to bring the intercollegiate championship to Harvard...