Word: afraid
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...proper trying out. Although the material is not first class, the spirit is excellent, and it is the spirit which does things. The University must show this same spirit toward the men who play, so that if the team returns beaten, after playing its best, it need not be afraid of adverse criticism from the College...
...seems clear for Princeton to repeat all these offences and perhaps add new ones the next time opportunity offers. Yale, too, has in the past few years submitted to most extraordinary treatment at Princeton, without protest, or at least without any convincing protest. Like ourselves, Yale is afraid to speak out lest someone say that their protest. Like ourselves, Yale is afraid to speak out lest someone say that their protests are inspired by the "sourness" following the loss of a game. But it seems to me that there should be some straight forward expression of what we all must...
...Gentlemen--I am afraid I can't say anything. I have just been inveigled here by my friend, Mr. Cobb. I can only say that I am not a bit afraid for the students of Harvard College, because I know in Mr. Hurlbut's hands they will be looked after well, and I can only hope that when I give up my present work, I shall still see a great deal of the students of Harvard College. I am sure they can get along without me, but I know I can't go along without them...
Meanwhile Geralde has use up all his money, and writes to his father for more, pretending to be hard at work in Bourges. Through the clumsiness of Crispin, by whom the letter was to be delivered, Lisidor's suspicions are aroused; for Crispin lost the real letter and, being afraid of his master, prepared a poor imitation of it, giving some lame excuses for strange lapses in his recollections of Bourges...
...crystallize it by earnest work toward some high end. Because there is present in every soul a serious purpose, we can see further that it must be God's purpose and God's will that we are fulfilling by our labor. Many of us, to be sure, are afraid to admit this close relationship between God and man; we resist his will and try to act independently. Surely we do this in ignorance and blindness; for what more pitiable fate could man have than to be, as it were, an orphan, cut off from all intercourse with...