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Tonight at 8 o'clock in the New Lecture Hall, Professor Santayana will give the second of the series of four memorial lectures, which were arranged by the department of philosophy in observance of the centennial of the birth of Ralph Waldo Emerson '21. The subject will be "Emerson as a Poet." Professor Santayana is especially fitted to speak on this subject as, besides being a well-known philosopher, he has written several books of verse, among which are: "Sonnets and Other Verses," "The Hermit of Carmel and Other Poems," and the drama "Lucifer." He is also the author...
...reading by Mr. Copeland from the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, arranged for by the Department of Philosophy in connection with the memorial lectures in observance of the centennial of Emerson's birth, will be given in the New Lecture Hall at 8 o'clock tonight. Mr. Copeland will read the following selections: "The Rhodors." "Brahma." "Days," "Threnody," "The Problem." "Good Bye, Proud World," "The Conquered Hymn" and parts of "Domestic Life" and of the address to the Harvard Divinity School. The reading tonight and the remaining lectures of the memorial series will be open to the public...
Professor Munsterberg gave the first of the series of four memorial lectures, arranged by the department of philosophy in observance of the centennial of the birth of Ralph Waldo Emerson, in the New Lecture Hall last night. The subject was "Emerson as a Philosopher," and the lecture consisted chiefly of an explanation and appreciation of Emerson's philosophy. The general opinion of philosophers and scientists until recently favored materialism which attempts to explain all things by mechanical laws of cause and effect and which emphasizes body, not mind. Philosophic opinion is now, however, beginning to favor idealism, which believes many...
Professor Munsterberg will give the first of the four memorial lectures arranged by the department of philosophy in observance of the centennial of the birth of Ralph Waldo Emerson '21, in the New Lecture Hall at 8 o'clock tonight. The subject will be "Emerson as a Philosopher." Besides making some official statements about the new philosophy building and its name, Professor Munsterberg will discuss the meaning and value of Emerson's philosophy, especially in relation to modern science; and will consider how far he was really a philosopher and how far a mystic and poet. The lecture tonight...
...Department of Philosophy has arranged, in observance of the centennial of the birth of Ralph Waldo Emerson '21, four memorial lectures and a reading from his works. These lectures and the reading will be open to the public, and will be given in the New Lecture Hall at 8 o'clock on four evenings beginning next Monday...