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Prayer is not the mere repetition of words, it must come from the heart; it should be the expression of the predominating desire of the soul. The whole current of a true man's life is prayer, but the man who prays amiss prays in vain...
Harvard steadily gained on sharp plays at guard and tackle for some 15 yards, when holding by Newell gave the ball to Yale. After three or four times trying in vain to rush with the ball, Butterworth tried for a goal from the field...
...this fault is perhaps more excusable than many others which are generally forced on the notice of the reader. The only serious mistake can unfortunately be laid to the charge of no one in particular; but the unknown author of "A Poet" is sadly in error when, in his vain struggle to write verse, he says, "My words my servants are." To make this in any way credible, it would have to be added that they serve him but poorly...
...after this touchdown that Cornell showed her strongest play of the game and Curtis was barely saved from making a touchdown by Brewer's pretty tackle. Cornell tried in vain to buck the line and Ohl kicked. Brewer muffed the ball but dropped on it, and the play was soon in Cornell's territory. A safety and three more touchdowns, the last of which was the result of two brilliant runs by Brewer, left the score at the end of the first half...
...head of a large class and took the degree of Ph. D. at Yale in 1886. He taught in Illinois College till 1890, when he became an instructor at Yale. His work there has been of a high order, and the Yale faculty have in vain offered him all inducements in their power in hopes that he might remain there...