Word: powers
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...forming of the new council will not result in a transfer of powers from the corporation; for by the first of its functions it deals with matters over which no existing authority has power to deal, and the second and third points confer upon it deliberative rather than definite functions...
...Harvard Christian Association. The Power of Sincerity. Mr. L. M. Dougan. Phillips Brooks House...
...poetry, there is little to say, and that in praise. "The Old Song," and "The Plaidie," both by Charles Sibley Gage '67, have that indefinable power which characterizes the verses of Robert Burns. They are bits of sweet melody, whose strength lies in their simplicity. The editorials are timely; the book notices are mediocre...
...Harvard Christian Association. The Power of Sincerity. Mr. L. M. Dougan. Phillips Brooks House...
...Revere Frothingham of New Bedford, preached from the texts "If 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...