Word: breaks
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...necessary to answer the questions asked. Very few of us will be great men, but almost all will have descendants, either of our own or of our near relatives, to whom an account of our early lives will be of great interest, and the genealogies may supply many a break made by the loss of the "family tree" or "family Bible," in its passage from hand to hand. Nor is the use of our autobiographies limited to our own race; the Triennial Catalogue, Lives of Harvard Graduates, and other publications must draw their matter largely from these pages. Sometimes...
...that a man whose instruction is really valuable should thus break in upon the hour, is something to us quite incomprehensible, not only when we consider that he thus deprives one part of his class from any benefit in his instruction, but also from the difficulty which most persons find in collecting their ideas when distracted by the continual and irrelevant chattering of one who stands almost directly at their side. If they have a thorough knowledge of the question before them, very few possess sufficient power of abstraction to give, when thus disturbed, a clear and succinct answer. Some...
...informed, by the authorities at the Library, that the photograph-albums of the classes of '71 and '73 have not yet appeared. It is to be hoped there will be no break in these records of our graduates...
...break the ocean's sullen roar...
...superiority at base-ball must be conceded to Yale. This is the first break in a long and brilliant series of victories for Harvard, and it will take Yale many years of continuous success to wipe out the score against her. Our Nine deserve great credit for the steady pluck with which they played. The liberal arrangements made with the clubs were strictly carried out by Mr. Mitchell. In fact, Saratoga has in every way vindicated its character for straightforward dealing. The promises of the S. R. A. in regard to pool-selling, accommodations, etc., were observed with the most...