Word: gradually
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...which can not be acquired elsewhere. Following the changes of style and technique through the history of ancient art, the student feels the moral conditions which were expressed by those changes in art. Thus he must perceive the bold sincerity which marks the style of a risingschool, and the gradual loss of sincerity which always accompanies the decline. These perceptions of moral causes help strongly in forming noble traits of character...
...Vascoda Gama sailed around the Cape of Good Hope while in search of a passage to India, and from this time colonies have slowly sprung up along the shore, especially on the Guinea coast, where the slave trade was largely carried on. From 1815 to 1875 a gradual awakening of interest took place in Europe, and since that time there has been an exciting race to see which nation should acquire most land. This sudden change was caused by the encouraging information which Stanley brought back from the interior...
...student in colonial times, of the old college customs and exercises, of the part Harvard actually played in the Revolution? Does the fact that British soldiers were quartered in Harvard and Massachusetts mean nothing to us? What do we know of the later life of the college, of its gradual growth, of the great men who passed four years of their lives beneath the shade of these very elms? Is John Harvard anything more than a name to most...
...matter of training they feel that much has been accomplished by the adoption of Mr. Lathrop's ideas, and they hope to effect still further reforms by shortening the period of hard football work and by providing for a more gradual introduction to the active work. They recommend also the abandonment of the summer practice...
...writer is one who has been watching with pleasure the increasing interest in lacrosse and the gradual formation of a team to represent the University. He feels, however, that many more men should come out to learn the game, which is certainly one of the most interesting and beneficial of the manly sports...