Word: authorities
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...next volume in the series of "American Statesmen" will be on john Adams. It is by Mr. John T. Morse, Sr., editor of the series, author of the "Lives of John Quincy Adams and Thomas Jefferson," and a graduate of Harvard...
...author describes the various special collections and concludes: "By a mere hasty visit to the exhibition-rooms no one will get an idea of the magnificence of the Museum of comparative zoology. Neither the building, nor the rooms inside, nor the exhibited objects, will make an especially imposing impression. But the strong point of this institution lies in the poculiar arrangement of the collection for the public, and in the strict separation of the large material for scientific investigations. By the constant development of science, by the improved accessibility of distant continents and islands, by the investigations of the depths...
...death is reported in England of Isaac Todhunter, the author of the celebrated algebra treatise, with which all freshmen are familiar...
...Cyrus Hamlin, the author of several of the numerous tracts that have been distributed among the students by various New York "protection" associations has been delivering a lecture which is remarkable for its originality. Dr. Hamlin's idea is that each nation should endeavor to confine its trade as much as possible to its own limits. "That nation," says he, "is surpassing all others in the accumulation of wealth that has the largest volume of home commerce and industries." According to the Times newspaper of New York, Middlebury College, of which Dr. Hamlin is president, "will before very long...
EDITORS HERALD-CRIMSON.-The author of "Our Ranking System" feels under obligation to his reviewer for vouchsafing his approval to the two more vital reforms; the third, had it been clearly stated, would also, the author believes, have received his reviewer's sanction. The "reformer's" opinions are not so different from the reviewer's own as the latter imagines...