Word: authors
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Granting that an attack upon a man's honesty should be accompanied by the author's name, I can, nevertheless, see why anonymous communications such as those of "Junior" are justifiable: For, in the first place, Junior did not attack the honesty of the instructors. He believed they were sincere in their marking, but he felt that, if a student's standing is to be judged by the marks he receives, that these marks should be given on a more equitable basis, even though "instructors are human." Therefore it is not their honesty he attacks, but the inequality of their...
...generalization and classification, but also of selection and proportionment, are infinitely greater in the case of writers of our own century than in that of earlier writers; yet Mr. Saintsbury has emerged very successfully from his difficult task, and has produced a work well fitted to up-hold its author's rank among the greatest of living critics...
...Samuel Francis Smith, D. D., of the class of 1829, the author of the hymn "America," died suddenly at the New York and New England railroad station on Saturday afternoon shortly after five o'clock. Dr. Smith at the time was on his way to Redville, where he had accepted an invitation to preach at the Blue Hill Chapel yesterday afternoon. His death is said to have been caused by some heart trouble...
...Song," by Philip Henry Savage, might better have been called a "Lament." It is, however, not particularly noteworthy. The meaning of what he has to say may have been crystal clear to the author, but to the uninitiated reader it is vague and involved...
...Rebellious Ancestor" by Henry Alexander Phillips is the best thing that Phillips has done. In point of workmanship it is also the best thing in the issue. In his plot the author has the opportunity to do something that is worth while and he takes entire advantage of this...