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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...monuments are not to be judged by the same standard as for instance, the Parthenon frieze. They are probably the work of mere craftsmen. Many, nevertheless, possess great beauty, though they vary much among themselves. It has been suggested that they were kept in stock, but there is no proof of this theory, and the fact that the figures are evidently intended to represent particular persons militates strongly against...
...Lyman Abbott closed his first term of service among us Thursday morning. His stay in Cambridge has been a source of unalloyed pleasure and profit to the students. He has entered into the life of the university, and in a short time has made himself thoroughly a part of it. His coming in the future will always be looked forward to with the liveliest pleasure. Owing to Dr. Abbott's departure on Thursday, Dr. Brooks conducted prayers Friday morning, and will continue in charge of the chapel services during the next three weeks. It is always a pleasure to welcome...
...Christian Man" gave proof of Luther's wonderful productivity. In these three works of 1520 were set forth what is truly vital and permanent in Luther's doctrine. But the people of Germany were not ready for the new teaching, and Luther himself seeing the confusion he had wrought among them, and terrified at the consequences of the doctrine of the Anabaptists and others, who claimed like himself to have cast aside all authority and to teach from divine inspiration, began to doubt his own position. The agony of his soul's struggle we can but faintly understand...
...sinful. The more elevated position of parents, the higher idea of marriage, and the dawning thought that virtue and vice bring their own natural consequences are other characteristics of these books, All these things point conclusively to the existence and prosperity of a well-defined school of natural religion among the Israelites...
There are three Vassar alumnae among the trustees of the new Barnard college in New York...