Word: dwelt
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...closing Professor Cohn dwelt on the complete and proven honesty of these men and their devotion to France, and said that the recent newspaper stories of corruption were utterly foolish and impossible...
...Supple addressed the union meeting of the religious societies in Harvard 1 yesterday evening, taking as his subject "A Leaf from the Modern Religious History of France." The speaker dwelt interestingly upon the career of Frederic Ozanam, the French philosopher, in his relation to the religious and social activities of his time, and read extracts from his writings...
John Kirkland Clark, speaking second for the negative, dwelt at length upon the strategic value of Hawaii. He said that possession of Hawaii would not shield the Pacific coast, since Vancouver, the South Sea Islands, China and Japan would become bases of poerations against us, and we would be forced to protect our seaboard and Hawaii in addition, involving an enormous expense for additional land defences and an increased navy. The natural defensibility of our Pacific coast makes this expense unnecessary. Our past experience shows the alternative, annexation without for-tification, to be preferred. Annexation would be merely following...
Later, Dr. Peabody welcomed the men for the Faculty and dwelt upon the great impetus to religious work which the building of the Brooks Memorial House would occasion. This building, he said, would probably be ready for use next year, would be similar to Holden Chapel in appearance and would stand in the corner behind Holworthy and Stoughton and in a line with Harvard and the Chapel. Dr. Peabody dwelt upon the growth of religious life in the University and cautioned the men against thinking that religion was not active here merely because much was not said about it among...
...back, every candidate will be given a perfectly fair chance for a place on the team. Clarence Smith '85, L. A. Frothingham, captain of the '93 team, J. Wiggin, captain of the '94 team, J. Highlands '93 and J. D. Upton '93, all spoke briefly. Several of the speakers dwelt upon the importance of developing a good "College" nine both that the 'Varsity may draw from it and that it may develop material for next year's 'Varsity...