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...European governments which are now standing aloof from the centennial festivities of France, are the ones which always tried to check, the current of liberty. They feel that a blow has been struck at royalty and are unwiling to recognize the country which held the sword...
...heavy weight wrestling (over 160 1bs.), middle-weight wrestling (160 1bs.), light-weight wrestling (140 1bs.), feather-weight wrestling (125 1bs). At the second meeting, March 23, the events are as follows: Feather-weight sparring (125 1bs.), bantam-weight sparring (115 1bs.), flying rings, horizontal bar, broad-sword, fencing, and final tug-of-war. At the third meeting, March 30-Polevault, running high jump, standing high jump, running high kick, rope-climbing, parallel bars, two-handed fence-vault, and tug-of-war limit (600 1bs.), will be contested...
...soldiers' monument will soon be erected on Cambridge common. The model has already been made, and represents the Genius of Liberty, or America, seated in graceful and majestic attitude, her right hand holding a sheathed sword, while in her left is held a laurel wreath...
...thick cloth, wound tightly round and round until it seemed well-nigh impossible for him to move his head. The front of his body was then covered with what looked very like a dropsical cricket pad on a large scale, extending from the chest to the knees. The sword arm, from the wrist to the shoulder, was then padded and bandaged to three times its natural size, and the hand guarded by a thick leathern gauntlet. Lastly, a pair of spectacles, rimmed with metal, protected the eyes. The schlager, or duelling sword, is then placed in his hand - a nasty...
...kingdoms of the world are yielding to the advance of Christ. In the industrial field he meets the most stubborn opposition, even here some of the most ominous signs tell of the presence of him who said, "I came not to bring peace on the earth, but a sword." Thursday's lecture was devoted to the discussion of the question whether economic theory can be Christianizad. After reference to the formidable foe which the Christian sociologist finds in the realms of trade, where the desire for property has become the overmastering passion, and the enormous inequality in possessions has created...