Word: mind
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...middle-aged bourgeois of Paris wakes one morning with a burning thirst and a mind absolutely blank as to the events of the night before. He discovers to his horror that he has brought home, besides various articles of female apparel, an old schoolmate as a bed-fellow, who is suffering from the effects of the same hilarity. The wife of the bourgeois enters, newspaper in hand, and reads about the gruesome murder of a coal-heaver's daughter which has been committed in the rue de Lourcine. The two listeners find coal upon their hands, and all the evidence...
...recognition and generous encouragement of merit endeared him to workers in many fields. He was a just censor, a wise counsellor, not sparing of himself if he might help others. His critical instinct was distinguished for its delicacy, his taste refined to severity, his judgment clear and sober. His mind was ripened into the temper of a true cosmopolitanism by study of the best books, by knowledge of his own and of other countries, and by acquaintance and enduring friendships with leading men of letters. He bore his learning with a grace that was peculiarly his own. Simplicity, sincerity, gentleness...
...take satisfaction in Burr's staying out of the game for the good of the team, while the Yale Alumni Weekly criticizes Burch's playing as a mistake. In the extension of the coaching system we have laid a strong foundation for future victories. We must always bear in mind, however, that Yale, though never invincible, is always formidable...
...should be borne in mind that the Student Council is a representative institution whose interest is to look after the welfare of the whole undergraduate body. It is thus in the best position to make a selection which shall be for the interests of the team to be managed and at the same time entirely fair to all competitors for the position. Moreover, if such a plan were adopted, the existing managers of teams would be relieved of the unenviable burden of responsibility for the selection. Finally, there would result a uniform method of selection applicable to all teams...
...question is, can the team be kept at this level and in the same competitive frame of mind as on Saturday? Was that merely one of those inexplicable flashes of ability when men do better than they know, better even than those best informed are prepared to look for, or was it an indication of what to expect in the two remaining games...