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...hand are unused to the jar and noise of the city, wonder at strange sights, shudder at crime and are shocked by vice. They cannot look at disturbances with equanimity and are more likely to form more intense convictions and to be moved by a sterner purpose than the careless city people. Their firmness of purpose makes them often greater and more stirring characters. They are narrow but powerful. Jesus Christ was narrow in this sense so were most other great...
...associations seem to have been entirely forgotten. Mr. George S. Hale says he once found it here and used it at some private theatricals in Boston but was ignorant that it had been Lord Brougham's. Finally it seems to have been thrown into the cellar by some careless janitor with a pile of rubbish and when, some years ago, Holmes field was filled in and levelled, the rubbish from the old Law school cellar was taken out and emptied there, and it is thougt that the wig was buried with the rest. It seems to me much...
...points; giving the benefit of his experience in the different kinds of dynamos, lamps, fuses, wires, meters, etc. The overhead system for street lighting is not per se any more dangerous than the underground, but companies have been so pressed with work that they have to employ ignorant and careless men. The subway system will eventually be used because it is more sightly. The alternating current has never really been proved more deadly than the direct, and in fact should be less dangerous thebretically. After the lecture Mr. Davis answered a great many questions from the club...
...during the last eight years. At present an average of one man in every eleven is dropped from the freshman class. Eight years ago there was only one man in eighteen dropped. These figures seem to show either that the rules have become more strict or the students more careless. Since the latter supposition is not very probable and we know that many new restrictions have been adopted, it is not improbable that the college has changed somewhat in this respect. That is to say: eight or ten years ago Harvard college may have been easy to stay...
...This kind of play gave Tallant many chances to keep Lee running across the courts, and Lee showed great skill in recovering himself. In starting Tallant took service, but as there was some wind and a strong sunlight they changed courts after each game. Both players were a little careless in the first set and there was little play of interest except in the fourth game when there were some fine cross court plays. The second set was played quickly, more life was shown, and in the sixth game Lee made some good returns of Tallant's smashes. The third...