Word: emersons
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...that list, has not lived in vain. But highest is the ambition - neither personal or patriotic - to be a Christian. No names will be brighter than these. To do this you must make yourselves men; and what he meant by this term, he illustrated by quotations from Aristotle and Emerson, and an English poet. - Yale News...
...nineteenth. The school was the teacher of many of the most prominent men of the country. Within its walls John Hancock learned to trace the name which stands first among the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Here were educated the Adamses, Paul Revere, Charles Sumner, Wendell Phillips, Emerson, Beecher, President Eliot, and a host of men who have stamped themselves on the minds of men. The speaker declared himself in favor of the course of President Eliot on the Greek question, and said that the classics cannot be today what they have been in the past. He believed...
...argument. The following subjects are suggested. but the choice is not restricted to them : 1. Webster's political attitude at the time of the 7th of March speech. 2. Did the circumstances justify Webster's argument in the White murder case? 3. Is Mr. Arnold's estimate of Emerson adequate? 4. Can Emerson be truly called a "Spiritual Son" of Carlyle? 5. Was Carlyle's life in accordance with his teaching? 7. The political economy of the "Deserted Village." -A short synopsis, simply to indicate the main points in the argument, will be due on Thursday, April 30, this synopsis...
...argument. The following subjects are suggested, but the choice is not restricted to them-(1). Webster's political attitude at the time of his 7th of Mar Speech. (2.) Did the circumstances justify Webster s argument in the White murder case ?. (3). Is Mr. Arnold's estimate of Emerson adequate ? (4). Can Emerson be truly called a "Spiritual Son of Carlyle ?" (5). Was Carlyle's life in accord with his teaching ? (6). Can Mr. Fronde be justified for revealing the private life of Carlyle ? (7). The political economy of the "Deserted Village." A short synopsis, simply to indicate the main...
...understand that such men as Prof. Emerson of the Munroe School of Oratory, Governor Robinson, and others as prominent as they, are soon to lecture here, under the auspices of the Total Abstinence League. We would therefore recommend that these coming lectures be held in Sanders, which we have no doubt would be filled, if only a moderate amount of advertisement be undertaken. We hope the society will consider this suggestion...