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Word: wrecks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
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...merely by the completeness of his victory, but by the mercy and magnamity with which he uses it. The sublimest moment in Grant's career was not his victory over Lee, but the great-hearted sympathy for his fee which he showed afterward; there was conquest in the fearful wreck and destruction of the Spanish fleet off Santiago, but there was more than conquest in the act of the captain of the "Texas" who stopped the cheering of his men because the enemy were dying. In the moral fights of earth, Paul called the disciples of Christ to be "more...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chapel Services Yesterday | 1/14/1901 | See Source »

...wish to call attention through your columns to the very evident disregard which the class of 1904 shows for its football interests, a disregard which is bound to wreck its chances of establishing a good class reputation. For several years past no Freshman team has lost its Yale game. I wish, therefore, to call attention to the present conditions, for if the disposition of the class as thus far shown may be taken as a criterion, 1904 bids fair to fall below that record. I wish to bring out the latest bit of evidence. On Saturday, a regular...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication. | 10/8/1900 | See Source »

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