Word: patient
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Chinese people have their virtues, from which other nations may take example. They are patient to the extreme, very industrious and frugal. In their commercial relations they may be relied on, far more than the Japanese. The Chinese have a great deal of reverence for the government, and are willing to obey the laws, such as there are, without question...
...first half-year. Heretofore it has always been exceedingly difficult for men in the University to have proper meals sent to them when confined to their rooms by illness, and it has been practically impossible for the doctor in charge of a case to prescribe the diet of his patient. By the new system a considerable variety of the most wholesome foods is kept always on hand at Randall Hall, which can be sent out at notice...
Order slips have been issued, on which a list of the articles of food and their prices is printed. The doctor in charge of a case indicates on a slip what he wishes his patient to have for each meal, and the slip so marked and signed by the doctor's name is sent in to Randall Hall. The prices, which are somewhat higher than those charged for food in the regular dining room of Randall, cover the cost of sending the meals from the kitchen to college rooms...
...enemy were dying. In the moral fights of earth, Paul called the disciples of Christ to be "more than conquerors." He called them to conquer temptation and to be more sympathetic and more ready to help because they had succeeded; he called them to suffer and to be more patient and self-renouncing because they had suffered; he called them to forgive and be more ready to forgive again. In close and terrible temptations it is not victory alone, not the mere overcoming of the powers of sin that he asks, but he holds before them the lofty ideal that...
...sitting, shouting and gesticulating. In the very midst of the disturbance the Prince Jon Rand and his hunting party appear. The prince at once flies into a fury and threatens to put the two tramps into the stocks. His comrade, Karl, however, persuades him to be patient and promises good sport...