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...those who persist despite its disappointments seldom fall to achieve their goal. Then a few weeks later comes what might he called the 'tried stage.' The candidate passes through a period of physical and mental exhaustion, and again he is liable to become discouraged though not nearly so prone to give up struggle. A week or more of this experience and the candidate settles down into his late competition stride. His time and news sources are well organized, his command of journalistic style is rapidly developing and he finds himself turning off and amazing amount of work with an case...
Soon prudent gourmets of celebrity turned from the Count back to his writings, pondered once more the essence of his philosophy: "Anglo-Saxons are particularly prone to misunderstand me, because they find it hard . . . to conceive that a man is able to serve others precisely by living for himself. . . . Even in my childhood the words of Jesus, Woman what have I to do with thee?? spoke more directly to me than any other. . . . Only he who lives for the supernatural can, in the deepest sense, live for himself...
...flying. And he had designed, although he had not yet built, a machine for humans to fly albatross-wise. His machine was to have a wingspan of 25 ft., a tail of 12 ft., and a weight of 150 Ib. The man who would operate it, would lie prone. His feet would flap the contrivance's wings; his hands would steer...
...Student Council has further been forced to send letters to the parents or guardians explaining the situation and seeking their help in meeting the obligations neglected by the undergraduates. Such a crisis has not been reached as yet at Harvard; it might never occur. But to such as are prone to take the budget pledge somewhat lightly and to have no proper qualms about neglecting it, the experience at Princeton should be a sufficient warning. The budget pledge system has proved a great convenience and a valuable immunity. It would be highly unfortunate if it were to be found impractical...
...prone to believe, however, that those who own remaining drawings by Turner would feel a very real regret at the loss of the bulk of the artist's work, in spite of the pecuniary advantage to themselves. They will undoubtedly cling with anxiety to the straw of hope held out by experts that perhaps the major part of the Tate collection was not destroyed...