Word: america
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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LIVING, as we do, at Cambridge, and breathing the most advanced and progressive spirit of the nineteenth century, we are apt to forget that few spots in America have so much historic interest, and are so closely associated with the birth of our Republic, as the immediate vicinity of Harvard College. Although so near the centennial of the Concord Fight, we have met several intelligent students who were totally ignorant of the where, how, and wherefore of the early battles of the Revolution. As no more appropriate time could be found for fighting our old battles o'er again...
...Yankee woman can take six grenadiers, how many soldiers will it require to reconquer America...
...books; the other that of J. S. Mill. In both courses Bagehot's Lombard Street is studied, and in one of them special attention is paid to the subjects of currency and taxation. These courses are conducted on the very plan which the Post supposes to be unknown in America, - the instructor devotes a great portion of his time to pointing out the practical application of the theories studied...
...Drank "America...
...truth is, that I am of a philosophical turn of mind. I looked with sorrow on the scramble for wealth and the lack of culture in America. I felt that the influence of even one man towards correcting these evils would not be lost. Although many offices with large salaries were offered me, I was actuated by a purpose of establishing a centre of learning and refinement, - a republic after Plato's own heart, - and I decided to take the post-office of Skunk's Misery, feeling assured that a man of culture and a philosopher could make the lowliest...