Word: canon
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Canon Farrar lectures to the students at Ann Arbor...
...Canon Farrar is to deliver a farewell lecture in Boston before his departure for England - his topic: "Farewell Thoughts on America." The lecture will take place in Music Hall on Monday evening, 30th inst...
...Canon Farrar addressed the Brown students on Saturday...
...visit during his sojourn in this country and delivered her students a short informal address, tinctured by none of that formalism and stiffness which the uninformed are liable to attribute to greatness, but marked by that geniality and whole heartedness which is so distinctively an English characteristic. Canon Farrar, Matthew Arnold, and Lord Coleridge, all have spoken from the college pulpit, and each has charmed with his own individuality yet through each address ran a strong exhortation, an appeal fervent and ringing for higher aims and loftier aspirations and the pursuance of that ambition which is the foundation, the fundamental...
...opportunity which was offered last evening of hearing one of England's greatest divines, was taken advantage of by many, not only of the students but of the residents of Cambridge. Canon Farrar possesses a peculiar faculty for holding the attention of students, and his influence upon them is always very marked. His recognized scholarly attainments lend a deep significance to his words. His sermon last evening in Appleton Chapel was received with great attention and excited a profound interest in all who ere fortunate enough to hear it. We trust that the students may enjoy an opportunity of hearing...