Word: chimney
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...that of the Faculty room in University Hall. The walls are divided into panels which are to be painted by Mr. Martin Mower, of the department of Fine Arts, after the manner of Boucher. The arms of France, of Corneille and of Racine will be painted on the chimney piece by Mr. La Rose. The alcove, in which stood the lectum of the St. Paul's Society, is fitted with book cases. The furniture will be of mahogany, especially designed for the room, and a new door of mahogany has been put in to take the place...
...this suggests another point in which language is interesting. The little facts of domestic history are to be found imbedded in it, and not only so, but we may trace in it sometimes the tide lines and driftmarks of civilization. The word chimney, for example, coming into English from the Latin by the way of Italian and French, gives us good ground for suspecting that the mass of the population of Saxon England before the Norman conquest got rid of their smoke by the less ingenious outlet of door and window. In cordwainer (still the legal designation of shoemaker...
...fairy tale, the house was built from the top downwards, first the chimney and last of all the foundations. Even today we do much the same thing. We build our lofty ideal castles in the air, and then the task confronts us of adding to them the foundations which shall make them materialize. Those who can do this are those who achieve success. And it is a hard task. We belong to two worlds, the real and the ideal, and each has its share in our lives. All things have birth in the former; but they must gain their full...