Word: comfortable
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...temptations of a young man choosing his life work also arise from his sense of power. Shall he choose that life which brings most comfort and ease to himself, or that in which he can best serve his fellow men. The address to the graduating class was an earnest appeal to choose the life of selfdevotion...
...unsatisfactory state of the weather has kept men from using them. Not half the courts are in use and the men who do go out play in such a halfspirited way that it is plain that they are forcing the tennis season at the expense of their own comfort. Sweaters are the order of the day rather than jerseys. The courts on Jarvis Field are not occupied, and only those around Holmes show any life. The turf courts will not be ready for some weeks, nor will those at Beck be ready at present...
...same complaint applies to the late-comers at the evening readings and lectures in Sever 11. "Better late than never" is a good maxim, but "Be on hand" is a better one. Respect for the lecturer and a reasonable regard for the rights and comfort of the audience both condemn the interruption and disturbance caused by the late arrival of lazy or thoughtless persons...
...Easter trip the Yale Glee Club will sing at Richmond, Old Point Comfort, Washington, Baltimore and Brooklyn...
...material resources which has marked this century of American life. To get wealth, much that is equally valuable and far more noble has been sacrificed. Fame, renown and honor have become weaker motives than they formerly were, and men's energies have been bent on the acquirement of material comfort and physical well-being. And, unfortunately, men's energies are not like water that turns the wheel of one mill and then flows on with undiminished vigor to the next; but like coal, which is consumed and lost in begetting steam. It is as true to-day as ever that...