Word: easier
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...body work; for in both time and blade-work Yale excels. Where Harvard men may lay their hopes of their crew is in that splendid dash and vim and grit in which the crimson men go at their work. In the slower stroke Yale rows far the easier, more graceful stroke. But when they come to "hit up" the stroke to 36 and 37, as in the fourmile time row on Saturday, that superb finish vanishes. The time of that fourmile row was 21m. 10s., just one minute slower than the Thames record, made under similarly favorable conditions of wind...
...beast was like a flying eagle," taken from Revelation. All the Revelation of St. John, he said, must not be taken as a literal description of heaven. It is an allegory, and all through the Bible we find God teaches His people constantly by allegories. They make the truth easier to comprehend. Some people find in a literal interpretation of the Bible much reason to scoff at Christianity. Who, they say, cares to look forward to a future existence spent in a white robe, with a golden crown on his head listening to music? or who is terrified...
...executive work will suffer. (2) If he appoints men for their administrative power, the departments will suffer from weak representation in Congress. (b) Congress will suffer: (1) Much time will be wasted in badgering and cross-examining Cabinet ministers. (2) Demoralizing influence on members of Congress would be easier...
...metaphysics, coming to many remarkable conclusiouns and differing not much from that of other Stoics. But he strikes some very true notes and shows us that he was of an observing and scientific temperament. He was impressed with the harmonies and beauties of the world and found it easier to express his ideas in poetry than in philosophy. He was a true poet and a true philosopher and may truly be said to have been one of the founders of the Stoic School...
...senses, can there be anything more rational than to accept its testimony? Wisdom can never come without faith. If we then wish to know anything we must accept first the faith that is most essential, a faith which is implanted in our hearts and which it is easier to accept than to discard...