Word: account
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...false impression was given by the Boston Herald in an account published of Dr. Faunce's sermon in New York on Sunday, Nov. 27. Dr. Faunce said in substance, that although he had heard there was a chilling atmosphere toward Christianity at Harvard, what he had found was the very reverse. The Herald article, although distinctly contradicting itself, stated that Dr. Faunce had said that there was at Harvard a chilling atmosphere toward religion...
...quote below an extract from an editorial in the Yale News on the subject of the debate, which will perhaps correct some false impressions produced by the Associated Press account, and is at all events an exceedingly courteous and fair minded criticism of the Harvard speakers...
They are undesirable material for American citizenship on account of their heriditary instincts and general character. Almost half are Buddhists and the illiteracy is very high, notwithstanding their boasted educational system. We shall expect political responsibility of the Mongolians to whom we will deny political rights. The natives show their poor self-governing qualities in the ease with which foreigners have ruled them since the revolution...
...shall be compelled to find a place in our political system for this anomalous population. She will, doubtless, apply for statehood which can hardly be refused on account of her size and population; yet 3,000 Americans and 61,000 foreigners will form a poor state to elect two senators and a representative. Neither can she remain a territory, for we have no place for a petrified territory, a dependent colony...
...then gave a description of Dr. Johnson's personal appearance and customs; and an account of his early youth, together with a picture of London and the state of affairs in England when Johnson went to the capitol, and sought the patronage of Lord Chesterfield. He ended the lecture by reading passages from Johnson's letters and other works...