Word: superhuman
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...motives of revenge. However, this whole question is one to be determined by the individual members of the class. They might draw up a solemn covenant to act together in amity, dignity and fraternity on the occasion. Surely to respect such a covenant would not be a test too superhuman for Christian forbearance...
...past ten days has shown that Harvard has at last found graduates among her ranks, who are in every way men, to whom can be trusted safely the interests of the eleven. It was through no fault of theirs that the game was lost; while through their almost superhuman efforts and the wonderful brace taken by the players themselves, Harvard was able to make such a brilliant showing...
...have asserted that Shakespeare put no deep moral meaning into his writings; such criticism is shallow and idle. The poet has created a world of imagination - a real sensuous world filled with life, where everybody is at the highest pitch of vitality. Around this world is a demoniac, a superhuman covering. It is absurd to assert that these supernatural characters are introduced for stage effects only. Shakespeare believed that the world was not summed up by what could be comprehended by our five senses, or by what was simply of this earth...
...fact and fable contend for the field" is successfully treated as the foundation of a novel, yet this book brings out the customs and conditions of Babylon at the time of Nebuchadnezzar and Daniel in a clear and entertaining manner. The story leaves a vivid impression of the almost superhuman hower of the Babylonian kings...