Word: crimsonius
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...presumably sent by Custom, a tutelary god of the Harvardians, had been interpreted as signifying the downfall of the city, if such a timehonored statute were repealed. Of the events that followed, there are many and conflicting accounts. Some say, that an amicable compromise was effected; others, among them Crimsonius, a well-known historian of that time, relate that upon the Facultas refusing to accede to the Board's demands, two partisan factions arose, and to such a pitch of animosity were they driven, that in umpty eighty-five, a fierce and desperate conflict took place, in which the Boardists...
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