Word: america
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...importation." This is entirely wrong, since every piece of cathedral and antique glass which is used in the construction of windows in this country has to be imported, and that, too, from a few firms in England, as there are no other manufacturers either on the Continent or in America...
...collegiate pocket, but for such an object no student would refuse to give $5, and two thirds of the class, by giving $10 or $15 apiece, would easily contribute enough money to purchase a window which could not be surpassed by that of any succeeding class. Here in America stained-glass windows can now be constructed as well as in England, if not better, for this reason, that the makers, being on the spot, and knowing the clear light of our atmosphere, can import such kinds of colored glass as are suitable to it: while Englishmen, selecting the tints with...
This state of things is to be regretted. In America every citizen is to a certain extent a governor; at all events, he plays or can play a more important part in the government here than in any other country. Every man as he comes of age is summoned to appear upon the scene, and it is of the highest importance that he should be prepared to do so. Comparatively few can enjoy the advantages of a university education, but fewer still fail to realize what those advantages are. Most of those who have never had, or who have neglected...
...college like Harvard, whose ambitious students are wont to boast that her professors of Latin and Greek have not their equals in America, it is a little strange that such great learning should not be allowed to cover a few sins of pedantry. If we, in our prouder moments, maintain that our professors know more than any others of av, or of fuerat for fuisset, can we not, in the recitation-room, allow a little of that learning to be uttered to our unappreciative ears? But I am not willing to admit that there is much of this pardonable pride...
...history, and has before it a still more extended sphere of usefulness in the future. It is one of the most studious schools in the land, has an unequalled library, and its Law Clubs and moot courts are the most useful and best sustained of any Law School in America. Its great need is a curriculum better adapted to the times and the student. The present system presupposes that the student has a well-trained mind, has four years at least to devote to the theory of the law, and then several years more in an office, to devote...