Word: eastern
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...sword and follow him into the fight; but simply to outline the war against evil, and to show the social principles of the Salvation Army. First he told of his own struggles, when he had taken his stand alone against the tide of poverty, disease and crime in the eastern part of London. The enterprise at first seemed to him desperate, the hope of making any head against such a sea of misery and vice was forlorn. With dauntless courage he resolved to make the salvation of his suffering fellow creatures his life work, and here in this dark district...
...rumored that Stanford University will send a team, if permitted, to the annual Eastern intercollegiate meeting, but no formal application for membership has been made...
Professor J. Rendel Harris, lecturer on Paleography in the University of Cambridge, spoke in Divinity Chapel last night on the "Methods of Research in Eastern Libraries." During the past twelve years Professor Harris has made explorations chiefly in Eastern Syria, Northern Africa, and Bulgaria for lost manuscripts, and has added many valuable works to the library of Haverford College...
...preparations necessary for successful research are, a reasonable amount of money, good manners, a knowledge of modern Greek and an idea of the Eastern countries. In these countries the monks of the Greek Church are, contrary to common report, bright and intelligent, and know much about the manuscripts in their charge...
Lecture. Methods of Research in Eastern Libraries. Professor J. Rendel Harris. Divinity Chapel...