Word: emersons
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Bowdoin Prize Dissertation. The Optimism of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Mr. William Franklin Dana. Sever...
Bowdoin Prize Dissertation. The Optimism of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Mr. William Franklin Dana. Sever...
...officers of the Everett Athenaeum for the remaining half-year, as elected on Wednesday evening, are: President, W. S. Mills; vice-president, T. T. Seelye; secretary, S. P. Jones; treasurer, R. Emerson, Jr.; stage manager, A. L. Howard; chorister, F. H. Whipple. Standing committee, Jones, Emerson, Platt, Williams and Hesseltine...
...following statement: "It follows that if there is to be an American philosophy, it must be realistic. I suspect they will never produce an idealistic philosophy like that of Pleto in ancient times, or speculative systems like these of Spinoza, Leibnity, and Hegel in modern times. The circumstance that Emerson is an American may seem to contradict this, but then Emerson, while he opens glimpses of truth, is not a philosopher; his thoughts are like strung fearls, without system and without connection. On the other hand, the Americans believe that there are things to be known, to be prized...
...following prizes have been awarded for dissertations: To Richard Aldrich, '85, $100. "Industrial Partnerships." W. F. Dana, A. B. 1884 of the Law School, $100. "The Optimism of R. W. Emerson." S. A. Eliot, A. B. 1884 of the Divinity School, $100. "The Relation of Forests to Rainfall and Water Supply...