Word: agee
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Boston Transcript was reminded of a quiet man, still (presumably) knocking about the world somewhere, "who at the age of about 50 made up his mind to spend the rest of his life in studying at various universities. . . .This person first took the course at Paris and then went on to Vienna, with the intention of going on to Jena and Heidelberg after that, and of eventually bringing up at Oxford or Cambridge. . . . He must be a sort of Wandering Jew of erudition, with the important difference . . . that he goes around the world happily instead of miserably, and may leave...
Rejuvenation. "Neither the Steinach nor the Voronoff method promises much for the rejuvenation of old women† . . . . In May, 1921, a man, 72 years of age, was scheduled to lecture in London on the subject, 'How I Was Made 20 years Younger by Eugen Steinach.' He was found dead in his bed the morning before the lecture...
...Miss Rosamond Shields declared: "Educated single women of mature age . . . have far more chance than mothers to go outside of their immediate circles to become bridges between the different sets and classes...
...while he was still in residence in the University of Cambridge. The Bible was presented to the Library in 1841 by the Misses Dunster, daughters of Rev. Isaiah Dunster, of the class of 1741, a great grandson of Henry Dunster, the first president of the College. Another volume of age and significance is called 'New England's First Fruits', 1643, which contains the first printed account of the foundation of the College and the first mention in print of John Harvard's name...
...little. Of course the belief that man's character lies revealed upon his face has long been shown false. Yet the spiritual power in a man, be it sufficiently great, does penetrate to the surface. Too few today evince any such power. The hard straight lines of an iron age have marked its men. Only among the hills or upon the plains where the world still seems but an unnecessary preface to the heavens can the face of a man take on the spirituality of a Christ. Mr. Brangwyn may find his model there. If he cannot...