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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...article which occupies the seat of honor in the November Monthly (the prose of which is unusually good) is by Paul R. Frothingham on "The Place of Mysticism in Modern Life." Its author considers Mysticism as that philosophy which enables man to seek through introspection to commune with the Eternal Spirit and receive divine illumination. After giving a short account of what the Mysticism has accomplished in past ages, he explains very lucidly the causes which have lessened its power at the present day and makes an earnest plea for this philosophy of the inner, the spirit world...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Monthly. | 11/11/1891 | See Source »

...present day - the attacks which have been made on certain characteristic features of his writings - and the justice of such onslaughts. After citing several passages from some of Ibsen's best-known plays to illustrate certain lines of thought with which some writers have lately picked flaws, the author states as his personal conviction that the hostile attitude of society towards Ibsen is only an illustration of that principle which is as old as life - the principle of self preservation, and further that "the cry that Ibsen is treading upon dangerous ground, the old cry of pitch and defilement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Monthly. | 11/11/1891 | See Source »

...reader of the above must remember two things - first, that its author, Walter Camp, is a Yale man of the Capt. Bob Cook school, and, secondly, that the article in question was probably written several weeks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Outing. | 11/10/1891 | See Source »

...concluding article of the number is another addition to the constantly-accumulating Lowell magazine literature, - on "Lowell and the Birds." Its author is Leander S. Keyser, whose new bird book is attracting so much attention among bird lovers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New England Magazine. | 11/6/1891 | See Source »

...Cambridge, Mass.TO ALL STUDENTS. - Most men on leaving college fail to show half their power because while there they failed to study practical oratory. Save your time by taking lessons in your own room, and get the best of instruction from a teacher of 16 years experience. Author of a number of elocutionary works. Will call on you if requested. See DAILY "CRIMSON...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notice. | 10/28/1891 | See Source »

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