Word: nervously
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...sketch entitled "Carmen" the writer has made use of that vivid, nervous, fascinating style so well adapted to the Spanish scene which he pictures...
...Athlete." is an admirable treatment of the subject. The writer attributes the success of certain men in athletics to the fact that there is inborn in them a certain impulse which tells them the right thing at the right time. It is a peculiarity, he thinks, of the nervous organization. Training perfects the action of this impulse. Mr. Dudley further attempts to prove that the mental training of the athlete is peculiarly fitted for training the student for the business of life, but we think that he is attributing to it something which it has no claim to except...
...needless to tell those who have thought intelligently of the problem of physical development that Professor Sargent approves of boxing in its place and in moderation for certain people. It makes slow and heavy men active and energetic, improving 'the functional capacity of heart and lungs and stimulating the nervous system.' It makes non-combative men self-reliant and self-respectful. We might add to the professor's statement that boxing brings a large number of muscles into play, and is a good strengthener of the arms, back, and, above all, the legs; that it deepens the chest and strengthens...
...Indeed other factors have to be reckoned in the inquiry, and some do not lend themselves to tabulation. There are men whose organs show no defect, but who can not bear the strain of prolonged exertion, especially if severe. Some can not sleep, some can not eat, some have nervous disturbances, all of which suggests that mental qualities are involved, as well as bodily ones, in the production of the athlete. We have heard the statement made, by one who knew what he spoke of, that college men who aspire to success in both studies and athletics suffer in their...
...conclusion, let it be said, whatever may be the physical qualification of the athlete, in his achievements he will fall short of success without a well-developed nervous system and the possession of that almost sublime quality in man-courage...