Word: authorities
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...club were won over to Mr. Rich's point of view. The paper is now put forth in the belief that the truth of the proposition will be admitted and its far-reaching application to theoretical and applied economics will be recognized. The pamphlet is published by the author at 517 Exchange Building, Boston...
Under "Topics of the Day" the need of a course for the study of current events is set forth. The author takes a long time in working up to his subject, but when he does get to it he shows very forcibly what the advantages of such a course would be. What its effect on the higher powers will be, remains to be seen...
...Westminster Review which first gave Professor Allen a taste for general reading. The book notices of that magazine were especially excellent in the old days. The critics probably read the books they discussed - which is saying a good deal. Coleridge was the first author to offer great attractions and he became a guide, philosopher and friend. Carlyle said he "introduces one to more literature than almost anyone else." He was an interpreter of life at every point. But there are other guides perhaps as good and although they differ among themselves, any one will serve Carlyle or Emerson, Ruskin...
Fielding is the next author to be discussed in English...
...unusual shyness of all publicity and was a quiet stately actor. His favorite parts were those of the Ghost, in Hamlet, and Old Adam, in As You Like It. He was, in fine, "a fantastical fellow of dark corners." He was devoted to his sacred art but the author disappeared in the work. Ruskin has said: "An artist has done nothing until he has concealed himself." If the converse be true, Shakspere is truly a master...