Word: bellum
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...opportunity to hear these two authorities is fully appreciated by Harvard undergraduates. We recognize the distinguished position which Harvard men have always taken in speaking and debate. In the ante-bellum days when rhetorical speaking was in vogue, the polished Everett, the unflinching Summer, the persuasive Phillips were the country's leaders. Then came the change from the vehement "oratorical" style to the simple, direct and business-like speaking-a movement in which Harvard men have taken the lead: Colonel Higginson's "Hints on Speech-making" has been of inestimable service; the late Governor Greenhalge and ex-Governor Russell were...