Word: commandingly
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...Evelyn Wood will leave Chatham on the 16th inst. for Egypt, to take command of the Khedive's new army...
...transit of 1874 the phenomenon was not visible here, but in respect to the previous transit in 1769, and so to speak, its companion of 1761, Harvard has an honorable record. The college had no observatory then and but a meagre supply of instruments, but what were at command did good service. There was no observatory in this country at that time nor for a long while afterward, and that Harvard College stands out as a pioneer in the matter of cis-Atlantic transit-observation is due to John Winthrop, who, at the time referred to, was Hollis professor...
...college men, in our time, cannot exert much influence in the world, no matter how great their culture may be. The days are gone by when mere learning made an idol of the possessor. Culture in our time needs to have a man in good 'condition' behind it to command popular respect. The grandeur of the 'college consumptives,' as Dennis Kearney called them, is gone forever...
...make good public speakers at the bar, in the pulpit, or on the legislative floor. This desire has been enforced by the decisions of every set of judges who have been selected to award the Boylston prizes at the annual public exhibition. The aim now is to give perfect command of the body in clear and effective utterance in private speech and before an audience. The method by which Mr. Jones seeks to attain this is peculiar to himself, and is the result of a good deal of study on his part. It has so far the confidence...
...nature should be instituted, it is very doubtful whether enough benefit would be gained to pay for the trouble of the experiment. Probably not more than one man in ten who begins the study ever perseveres, and out of those who do persevere very few become skilled enough to command a good salary. What is needed to insure success is not so much instruction as constant and hard practice. There are so many thorough and systematic textbooks that very little, if any, additional explanation would be required. For this reason, then, it would be a step of very doubtful expediency...