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...Rilke, says Critic Hans Egon Hol-thusen, "we see the conquest of an originally Christian soul by an anti-Christian consciousness." In one short poem Rilke presents Christ's imagined prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane...
...Quebec. To English Canadians, the Union Jack is a cherished symbol of Canada's strong allegiance to the mother country. But to French Canadians-with their own lan guage, Roman Catholic religion and cultural identity-the Union Jack is an ugly reminder of Quebec's forcible conquest by England in 1759, and what they regard as their own second-class status ever since...
Despite the sodden launching, it was amply evident that in the 2,483 years since Xerxes staged his own 180-day fair to celebrate his world conquest, New York's was certainly going to be the biggest, and perhaps the best, ever...
What delight it is to linger over William Sheldon's treatise on aerial navigation (Eng 5508.50.3) written in the middle of the 19th century, or John Ranking's "Historical researches on the conquest of Peru, Mexico, Bogota, Natchez, and Talomeco, in the thirteenth century, by the Mongols, accompanied with elephants" (London...
...fast, rough tackling games, the Rugby Club ran over M.I.T. twice yesterday. The first team ground out a 6-0 victory, and the seconds rolled to an easy 8-0 conquest...