Word: expounding
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...especial interest, in that it treats of one of the foremost political topics of the day. Much has been said and written on the Cretan situation, but the average observer feels the need of some more accurate information on the subject. Doctor Coolidge is particularly well fitted to expound this difficult matter. For some years he has made affairs in the East a subject of the most careful study and investigation, and probably it is safe to say that few men today are so well able to deal with the complicated problem. Dr. Coolidge is, moreover, an interesting speaker...
...Copeland expressly disclaimed any attempt to expound either Emerson or Carlyle with authority. He acknowledged a debt to several books and to the illuminating conversation of Professor J. B. Thayer, who, upon Arnold's comparison of Marcus Aurelius and Emerson as moralists, made the important comment that, although Marcus Aurelius gives the world morality, Emerson gives it morality kindled...
...Vivekanada, a Hindoo monk. The public are invited. Vivekananda is an adberent of the ancient Brahmin faith of India, and was for eight years the disciple of the sage Ram Krishna. He is well qualified, both by his attainments in native learning and by unusual gifts of eloquence, to expound to a western audience the beliefs of his countrymen. His addresses at the World's Parliament of Religions have attracted great attention...
...Vivekananda, a Hindoo monk. The public are invited. Vivekananda is an adherent of the ancient Brahmin faith of India, and was for eight years the disciple of the sage Ram Krishna. He is well qualified, both by his attainments in native learning and by unusual gifts of eloquence, to expound to a western audience the beliefs of his countrymen. His addresses at the World's Parliament of Religions have attracted great attention...
ENGLISH B.For theme 5, due December 20, the whole class is required to expound Good Use and the Principles of Composition, in their relation to all the Elements of Style, arranging the matter according to the plan specified on p. 187. 11. 9-14, of Asst. Professor Wendell's "English Composition...