Word: career
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After receiving his A.B. in 1881 from the University of New Brunswick, Mr. Carman studied at Edinburgh in 1882-83, receiving his A.M, from the University of New Brunswick in 1884. From 1886 to 1888 he read law at Harvard, and then began his career as editor and poet. He is the author of "Low Tide on Grand Pre," 1893; "Ballads of Lost Haven," 1897; "By the Aurelian Wall," 1897; "The Green Book of the Bards," 1898; "Ode on the Coronation of King Edward," 1902; and "The Gate of Peace...
...second time in his career in the diplomatic service, Mr. William Phillips '00, Regent of the University and Secretary to the Corporation, has been nominated to be third assistant secretary of state. President Wilson has sent the nomination to the senate whose sanction of the appointment is necessary before Mr. Phillips can enter on the duties of the post...
...yesterday afternoon on "The Character of Disraeli," Disraeli, in his rise from the masses to the foremost place in England, in the power and respect he commanded while prime minister, was very like Napoleon. In spite of his frigid reception in Parliament, and the early discouragements of his career, he remained undaunted...
...unequivocal sentiment of the business men of the country by giving the service over once more to the spoils system ousting those officials who by long and careful training posses the expert qualifications necessary to fulfil the difficult requirements of the work, and thus destroy the permanency of the career...
...entire question, there seems to be every indication that the offices of ambassador and minister will eventually be in part if not largely filled by succeeding administrations by men who have proved efficient in the lower grades of the service, thus affording an incentive to enter the diplomatic career as a permanent profession...