Word: afterward
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...speak, its companion of 1761, Harvard has an honorable record. The college had no observatory then and but a meagre supply of instruments, but what were at command did good service. There was no observatory in this country at that time nor for a long while afterward, and that Harvard College stands out as a pioneer in the matter of cis-Atlantic transit-observation is due to John Winthrop, who, at the time referred to, was Hollis professor of mathematics and natural philosophy. In giving an account of this experience, Josiah Quincy, in his history of Harvard College, characterizes this...
...upon the rebellion, he drew great attention to himself, both in great Britain and America, by his cogent and eloquent arguments in behalf of the Northern States. On his return he delivered before the Lowell Institute in Boston a course of lectures on the University of Cambridge, which were afterward republished under the title of 'On the Cam.' Prof. Everett has since distinguished himself in various fields as a speaker and a writer. He is said to be very eccentric, and his delivery certainly gives evidence of this; but, although peculiar, it is undeniably of great force. His lectures...
...coaching his new men in the following order : Bow, Homans; 2, Seavey; 3, B. B. Thayer; 4, Sutton; 5, J. E. Thayer; 6, Batten; 7, Bowen; stroke, E. D. Marsh. They row at 3.30 every afternoon, and do the chest-weights and take a run out of doors afterward...
...Coolidge, E. H. Hatch and C. R. Clapp were chosen to draw up resolutions upon the death of F. A. Smith. H. Billings, A. R. Crane and H. C. Shaw were chosen to draw up resolutions upon the death of P. A. Baum, who entured with '84, but afterward went into the Medical School...
Ship Western Belle left Greenock on the 11th of April, commanded by Captain Frew. On the 1st of May she ran into an iceberg at night, smashing in her bows, and in 20 minutes afterward sunk. The captain and 13 of the crew lost their lives. May 2 six survivors were picked up, nearly frozen to death, and have been landed at Quebec...