Word: americas
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...most prolonged and difficult labors was his work as editor of "A History of All Nations," published in 24 volumes and contributed to by the most eminent historians in Europe and America. He has also written many articles of importance for classical and archaeological magazines. He was at one time secretary, and later president, of the American Philological Association, his work bringing him into wide acquaintance with the other great philologists of America. For ten years he was editor of the American Journal of Archaeology; he has likewise edited the Classical Quarterly and the Classical Review. Two years...
...Worcester was graduated from Columbia, receiving an A.M. in 1886. After studying for several years at the University of Leipzig, he returned to America and became professor at Lehigh University. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Hobart College in 1897 and from the University of Pennsylvania in 1898. Since 1896, he has been rector of Emmanuel Church in Boston. Dr. Worcester has written several books on the Emmanuel movement, the most recent of which is "Religion and Medicine...
...ever made a deeper impression upon the educational system of a country than President Eliot has upon the educational system of America. His gilt for leadership, his discrimination in the choice of men, and his power to conceive and execute large plans have made him the most conspicuous and influential figure of the last forty years in American education. He has, moreover, shown a public spirit and a sense of duty in all matters confronting the life of the community in which he has lived and the life of the country at large which has made him the leading private...
...Steffens was graduated from the University of California in 1889. He then went to Europe and studied philosophy at the Universities of Berlin, Heidelberg, Leipzig, and Paris, and at the Sorbonne. On his return to America, he became a journalist and was at first reporter for the New York Evening Post, and later its assistant city editor. He has also been connected with the New York Commercial Advertiser, McClure's Magazine, and is now associate editor of the American Magazine. His work has been devoted chiefly to articles on our political situation, which have been contributed from time to time...
...Steffens was graduated from the University of California in 1889. He then went to Europe and studied philosophy at the Universities of Berlin and Heidelberg, and at the Sorbonne. On his return to America he became a journalist and was at first reporter for the New York Evening Post and later its assistant city editor. He has also been connected with the New York Commercial Advertiser, McClure's Magazine and the American Magazine. His work has been devoted chiefly to articles on our political situations...