Word: worded
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...immense crowd gathered on the 27th of August to witness the great event. The two boats came out about five o'clock in the afternoon, and at the word from the starter the crews were off, Harvard rowing 46 to Oxford's 40. Harvard at once took the lead and held it for two miles, but it was then evident that Oxford's reserve power was much greater, as she soon lessened the distance between the boats, and took a good lead which she kept to the finish, crossing the line six seconds ahead of the Harvard crew. Although defeated...
...usual large crowd greeted the Boston Symphony Orchestra last evening at Sanders Theatre in the second of the series of concerts, to be given here. The only word that can be said in disparagement of the programme was its extreme length. This is a characteristic fault with the Music Hall programmes and so we must expect the same in Cambridge. From a technical standpoint the concert was, as usual, delightful. The coloring, rhythm, and polish displayed by the orchestra were faultless. The first number on the programme was Schubert's overture in E minor, a new work to Cambridge people...
There are three kinds of light; the light of opinion, the light of conscience and the light of God's Word. From the first we obtain light by learning what other people think of us; if we know that certain bad people approve of our ways then we can feel sure that we are not entirely free from wrong,- there is something in us in sympathy with evil...
Unless our consciences are used they become dull, and lose the light which God planted in us. The light of God's word is brought to us whenever we seriously read any portion of the bible, we have all felt the influence of His word as having some bearing upon ourselves...
...idea of "The Dark River" is somewhat better than the execution. The plot seems capable of a more careful treatment than it has received. Yet a word may certainly be said for simplicity of the style...