Word: evens
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Defoe had made a failure of business, but his able and fertile mind won him the favor of royalty, and he became the voice of the government upon many important issues. He wrote his pamphlets on all sorts of subjects, - military, political, even educational and moral, and in all showed width of range, patience in detail, lucidity, and vivacity. His sentiments found him support with the government, and accompanying substantial rewards and his lively, telling style won him popularity with the people...
...special meeting of the Harvard Union last evening, a hot discussion lasting over three hours, was brought up by the amendment made to the constitution one week ago tonight. It will be remembered that the amendment provided that at the competitive debate to be held next Friday evening to select speakers to meet Yale, the judges should select the best twelve men, the first three to debate with Yale, the whole twelve to form the nucleus of the new society. In addition, those members who spoke in the last Yale debate were also to be charter members. At the meeting...
...Washington Gladden addressed the society on the opportunities of young men and of college students in particular. He said the question which each young man must ask himself when he enters college is "what shall I do?" It is not always easy to choose the best course even in studies, and many men seem only to desire to choose the line of least resistance, a course which does not always produce the best results. The best advice is to go to work and to do what is at hand. Do not scorn to begin low down and work...
...called Brooks House, rather than Phillips Brooks House? I know, to be sure, that our other buildings are designated by single names, but the present case seems to me to be entirely different. I do not think that I ever heard Phillips Brooks called solely by his last name. Even when he was Bishop Brooks, we all clung fondly to our "Phillips Brooks." In fact we knew only Phillips Brooks...
...Graduate Scoool has gained in numbers during the past year but has gained even more in quality than in quantity. The Dean of the School recommends that all time limits, except that by which no one shall be recommended for a degree until after one year of residence, upon the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Science, be abolished...