Word: thoughts
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...perfect, not so warm as to make the playing listless and not so cold that spectators could not thoroughly enjoy every moment of the play. The seating arrangements could not have been made better. One took real enjoyment in the thought that he need not hurry to the game in order to get a seat, while the confusion saved and the satisfaction given to everybody, must have repaid the management for their care and inconvenience in the sale of tickets. They have started a custom which future managements can well afford to keep up. The singing of the Glee Club...
...kind of football that has characterized Harvard and Yale games in the past few years. It is with the deepest regret that one notices this revival of an old custom which has long since been classed as unworthy of gentlemen and which in everybody's opinion was thought to have been effectually done away with, at least in games between Harvard and Yale...
Contrary to common opinion, the Scandinavian was not especially bloodthirsty. It is true that he did rate human life low. His devotion to duty was strong and if he thought it his duty to kill several people he never hesitated to do it, although he had no admiration for wanton cruelty...
...resemble hanging pictures. The subjects painted in these panels, are for the most part of a religious and semi-religious character. Sacred trees with emblems are very common pictures. The representation of the Divinity is also common, especially among the poorer classes, as such pictures were thought to protect the inmates of a dwelling...
Anarchy means freedom run wild. Every man has liberty, but it is the liberty of a savage. He makes no attempt to find his place in the social organism, but casting aside all balance and conservatism, has no thought for anything but his own will...