Word: disappear
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Berkshires in 1838 marked the turning point of his career. Contact with the rough, hearty mountaineers and frontiersmen brought to him for almost the first time a realization of other men and other lives, and with this experience the self centred traits of his nature began to disappear. From this time must be dated the real beginning of his literary career. The old sensitiveness to emotion and idealism, the delicate fancy and imagination still remained, and to these he has added something of the sympathy with mankind and human nature by which alone he might interpret the emotions and characters...
...independent educational institution with a function of its own, and at the same time it has never ceased to be closely connected with the college. That is, the distinction between the two historical functions of secondary education, preparation for the college and preparation for life, once very marked, is disappearing. Whether it will wholly disappear within a generation or two can only be conjectured...
...behind the line has resulted in large scores for Yale in every game this season, although the team work has been imperfect. The warm weather lately has been a great drawback to fast practice and it has made the team a little languid at times. This, however, seemed to disappear in the game with Bates on Wednesday in the rain, when for the first time the backs had sufficient life...