Word: careers
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...understand a religion we must know its growth, and the three things we should consider about christianity are its original principles, its promulgators, and its interpreters. Chief among the interpreters stands St. Paul. I shall speak of only one aspect of the career of this wonderful man; his public speeches; and tonight shall take up some of the most striking features of his enviroment...
...Eastern colleges; and that, consequently, men will stop coming to the Eastern colleges from the West. The opponents to the proposed reduction at Harvard claim, as we have seen, that such would not be the result. If they are willing to acknowledge so remarkable a growth and future career for our Western colleges, they must draw conclusions diametrically opposed to those of President Eliot. On this one point alone, it ought to prove interesting to study which of the opposing conclusions is the right...
Capable, independent, industrious, he had accomplished much in his short career, and his prospects for the future were of the brightest...
When, about a year ago, Professor Cohn lectured on the "Career of Bismarck," he had refrained from prophesying on the events following the fall of the great statesman. His lecture was an anticipated funeral eulogy. From the German standpoint the removal of Bismarck is a mistake. But Bismarck fell struck by the weapon which he had himself forged-the weapon of all powerful monarchical government. The great statesman had brought up the young emperor to reverence this idea, and when the views of the two men (the giant and the youngster) differed, the former fell a victim to the strength...
Professor Cooke briefly outlined the career of William the Conqueror. He first described and illustrated Falaise, the birth-place of William. Then he spoke of Caen and Rouen, the two capitals of Normandy. The views of the old churches in these places were excellent. Professor Cooke called especial attention to the different styles of architecture, and throughout his lecture contrasted the old Norman and Gothic designs of the abbeys and monasteries with the more modern style of the additions. His remarks on the various resting places of the Norman Dukes as well as the English Kings were very humorous...