Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...work of tenants, to reply "fifteen dollars a term," which naturally sounds somewhat lower than the janitor's price; but which, taken in connection with the fact that there are two terms in each year, places the subject in a different light. I have written this simply from a spirit of justice, and I must candidly admit that my treatment at the hands of janitors has been such as to warrant my preference for them over scouts, while my work has been better done...
...excellent article on this sport appeared in the Athletic Column of the Spirit of the Times of September 28, and it well repays reading, as does an article on "Time Handicapping...
...Spirit of the Times some weeks since proposed in a leading editorial to institute races at the National Regatta like those at Henley, and to call one the "Goodwin Cup," another the "Eldridge Cup." etc., etc., taking in the whole crew and the substitute in as many different races. As this was done in the leading editorial, it is presumable that it was not sarcasm, but sober earnest. It would seem, however, that such a proceeding would be as distasteful to the Columbia crew, as it would be ridiculous to the world at large...
HARVARD TWENTY YEARS HENCE.Scene : roof of the Chapel. Time : midnight, June 20, 1898. (The spirit of the present and the spirit of the future sit conversing in the moonlight...
...have taken a page from a long speech made by the spirit of the future...