Word: disinterestedness
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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IT is with great pleasure that we call attention to the Readings from Chaucer which Professor Child is now giving on Tuesday evenings, and to the Lectures on English Literature which Mr. Perry proposes to begin next week. Both of these gentlemen have been giving courses of lectures in Boston...
The catalogue alludes to the many advantages in the way of art-schools, music-schools, preparatory department, etc., which the college affords, but lays peculiar stress on the location. Springfield, Missouri, the seat of this Institution of Learning, is celebrated, we are told, for its salubrious climate. The heats of...
"This interruption arises neither from lack of enthusiasm in the pupils of Penikese, nor from any want of generous interest in the naturalists who have thus far given their services to aid the enterprise. On the contrary, the second summer at Penikese was, to the surprise of its friends, as...
The English system, as is well known, has for its corner-stone the principle of heavily endowed fellowships and competitive examinations, which latter are carried to an extreme. These institutions have, to be sure, the prestige of old age, and their supporters claim that they produce the most excellent results...
The anniversary of Washington's Birthday should be observed, because upon that day was born a man to whose untiring energy, and disinterested patriotism, the inhabitants of these United States owe their present liberty. It is fitting that this should be brought to our minds, that thereby we may remember...