Word: shyness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...available and just where the strength or lack of strength of the material lies, that they may make their plans accordingly. In the second place men who have never done anything in general athletics but who feel themselves physically suited for any of the events must put aside their shyness and at least give the trainers a chance to test them, for very often excellent runners and jumpers are developed from material previously unknown. In the third place, and most important of all, there is the greatest need of men for the heavy work with the hammer and shot. Last...
...call personal magnetism and he had the love and esteem of companions He moved in a Bohemian world, but he was not of it. He was closely connected with his celebrated contemporaries and he was in favor at court. His unobtrusiveness is a noticeable trait. He had an unusual shyness of all publicity and was a quiet stately actor. His favorite parts were those of the Ghost, in Hamlet, and Old Adam, in As You Like It. He was, in fine, "a fantastical fellow of dark corners." He was devoted to his sacred art but the author disappeared...