Word: fulfill
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...find their true development, I can only say again two words which I have said together already several times in my sermon. These words are character and service. These two words, I think, describe the higher regions of man's life in which alone his powers can fulfil themselves and know their real strength and fit themselves for the full doing even of their lower tasks. In them the workman doomed today to lower toils, when he is once allowed to enter, lifts himself up and knows his dignity and begins to put forth the might which he possesses...
...attract men of more experience. The case of an instructor with entire charge of a course is very different. He ought to have, as well as a broad and thorough knowledge of his subjects, considerable experience in teaching. A graduate of only one or two years' standing can not fulfil these conditions. He must be unfit for any part of an instructor's work, and especially unsuited for elementary courses, which require a clear view of general principles, rather than accurate knowledge of some special topic. He must be inexperienced in lecturing, conducting recitations and answering questions, and in judging...
...delinquent organization in particular to have victorious teams go unrewarded. If men do not receive the trophies promised them they are bound to be dissatisfied and to refuse their hearty cooperation in athletics in the future. It will be a move in self-defence, therefore, for the associations to fulfil their obligations...