Word: defeating
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...long as something worthy of the honor of Harvard is in a man's keeping, so long as the man who represents Harvard carries with him the feeling that part of Harvard's fame is his, so long as he remembers that the next thing to victory is honorable defeat-I trust that the tide of defeat is bound to turn...
...action of the play centers about the discovery of the concealed child as an off-spring of the line of David, his revelation to the faithful Jews by the High Priest, and the subsequent defeat and death of the queen Athalie. The plot is briefly as follows...
...third time in succession Harvard has lost in debate to Yale. The defeat is naturally a bitter disappointment, as Harvard this year enjoyed the advantage of choice of sides, while the unprecedented number of men who spoke in the trial provided more good material than usual from which to select the team...
...only when Harvard's failure to defeat Yale is publicly condemned as "a disgrace" that the ungenerosity cuts to the quick and provokes a startled cry. I quote from your comment upon the Pennsylvania game...
Harvard's football season closed on Franklin Field, Philadelphia, last Saturday afternoon, with a defeat by the University of Pennsylvania, the score being...