Word: age
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...been above that of young men in general, and though this high average may be lessened by the asuremements of those awaiting their turn at examination, it is certain that the average of College men will be somewhat higher than the average development of young men of the same age outside the College...
...students, and so prefers to know none at all ? Is it because there is no Socrates amongst us? Or because the professors, especially the younger ones, think it below their dignity to become familiar with their pupils? Or, finally, because even with professors, in this money-seeking age, there is a tendency to impart no more of their knowledge than is precisely stipulated in the terms of their engagement...
...Cambridge public. The programme was as rich in variety as it was strong in single numbers, the most prominent feature being the posthumous Symphony of Goetz. It is a most striking and original work, emphatically remarkable when we consider that the composer died at thirty-six years of age, and that this work was only op. 9. It is essentially poetical and even dramatic in the intensity of emotion, keenly imaginative and wrought out in orchestration that is worthy of Wagner or Berlioz. Indeed, its intensity is perhaps too great to express its motto...