Word: wield
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...worth while to train a man to fight cases in courts of law? Is it worth while to train a man to perform major operations in surgery? Is it worth while to train a man to wield an oar in a boat race at New London? Is it worth while to train a man to carry a football across an opponent's goal-line...
...community must become a factor in politics--an intelligent factor. Intelligence is what most of us lack, as far as the knowledge of laws and the duty of officials goes. Equipped with such Knowledge of laws and the duty of officials goes. Equipped with such knowledge, we can wield a powerful weapon if we are but willing to shake off indolence and assume a task that is not always agreeable. For the average American has a horror of raising a disturbance, of taking exception to the way another man performs, or fails to perform, his duties...