Word: communings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Next Thursday afternoon at 3 p. m., Professor Cohn will give a lecture to French 11 upon his personal experiences during the siege of Paris and the Commune. Professor Cohn has related isolated bits from time to time, and this lecture is given by request. Prof. Cohn will speak in French...
...persuaded that the election of Ferry, which was sure to ensue, would be the signal for the overthrow of the Republic, and so refused to keep his promise. If the leaders of the Chambers had not had great sagacity, we should now be witnessing the honors of the Commune. Fortunately for France the men were equal to the occasion. Both branches of the legislature passed unanimous resolutions calling on the president to resign, and Grevy reluctantly yielded. The danger was not yet over; the mass of the deputies were determined to elect Ferry, who was hated by the populace. With...
...wilderness, into a city called Ephraim." There is throughout the whole life of Jesus this continual contrast of society and solitude. Thus it was in perfect keeping that at this great crisis of his life, on the Thursday before Palm Sunday, Jesus should have turned aside to commune with himself. In the mental as well as the moral life we all need times of refreshment, quiet moments for reflection. It is for this purpose that these vesper services have been undertaken; to draw us apart a moment from the cares and perplexities of our engrossing daily life. Like those stations...
...mouth open and hand raised. It is indeed a wonderful picture! In it I read pages; it not only presents the lecturer himself, but adds as well all the magnetic power of the lecturer. Herein is a great advantage, for Snodkins can, in his own room, commune with his instructor. How are written notes to be compared with this almost living lecturer! The sketch will speak to Snodkins just as one of the paintings of the old masters speaks to the world...
...those who pass the final examinations in these schools. Probably the most perfect public educational system in the world is in Switzerland. A third of the whole taxation revenue is devoted to the schools, besides the fee paid for each child. There is a primary school in every commune; attendance is compulsory. Above these schools there is an ascending series of higher schools up to the schools of industry, leading to the Polytechnic School and to the universities...