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Word: merely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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...equipment and a generous building from any other source." In summarizing the requirements, Professor Lane puts beauty first because he believes "that the Library does not take the place it should in the life of the University and of the individual student unless it is something more than a mere storehouse or tool-shop. It should have a quiet dignity, a fineness of proportion and beauty of detail both within and without, which in skilled hands are not incompatible with practical serviceableness, and it should also have every convenience that can facilitate its administration...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE GRADUATES' MAGAZINE. | 12/4/1899 | See Source »

...thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread," and "Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water." The first shows the temptation every man has to show his own power; the second, that true power lies not in its mere possession, but in the ability to impart it to others...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Appleton Chapel. | 11/27/1899 | See Source »

...progressive development which has marked the team, the defense was taken up earlier than the offense and has been worked to perfection. W. H. Lewis has drilled the team in a method of meeting mass plays which, for its efficiency, depends on aggressiveness and mere strength. Up to the Indian game, Harvard had not been scored upon and the scoring in that game was due to an individual weakness and to the presence of substitutes in the line. Pennsylvania could not make consistent gains either around the ends or through the line...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE HARVARD ELEVEN. | 11/18/1899 | See Source »

...scored upon and the scoring in that game was due to an individual weakness and to the presence of substitutes in the line. In the secret practices, W. H. Lewis has drilled the team in a defense to meet mass plays which, for its efficiency, depends on aggressiveness and mere strength. The second eleven has been unable to gain ground by using Pennsylvania's plays and Pennsylvania should find it difficult to make gains today. The defense, however, will probably be modified to meet Yale's peculiar offense...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Harvard Eleven. | 11/4/1899 | See Source »

There is, of course, the usual short funny story; but it is of general rather than local interest. The customary specimen lecture is "drool"; the one editorial contained in the number is a mere flow of adjectives and adverbs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Lampoon. | 10/31/1899 | See Source »

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