Word: fates
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...mysteries of fate that great characters in history are often known to the world as the direct opposites of that which they really were. The misrepresentations of contemporaries, or the imaginations of succeeding ages, give such a distorted picture as to make impossible any just conception of the man. Sometimes a character, whose representations are thus distorted, becomes his own vindicator. Perhaps no great man in the world's history has been more completely misunderstood than Sardanapalus. But we may now judge him according to his works, a thing which before our day was impossible. By excavations in the ruins...
...wrote under the fictitious name of Frank Hock. One of the volumes of "The Collegian" contains "The Spectre Pig," "The Mysterious Visitor, Evening." "The Dorchester Giant," and other pieces from the pen of the since famous poet. But "The Collegian," good as it was, did not escape the fate of its predecessors, and, after the publication of six numbers, it was discontinued, presumably from non-support...
...communicate them to others." The last words are almost pathetic in their tone. "To obscurity and neglect, then, we commit the "Lyceum." In obscurity and neglect it will find honorable company, and it may be satisfied with this lot, which, though it waits the most inferior, is the fate of the most learned productions. Where are the works of Chaldean, of Persian and of Egyptian wisdom? Ages have revolved since their utter perdition, and if in the sack of Alexandria it was their office to heat the baths of the Saracens, we may be contented to cumber the shelves...
...Yale News, in an editorial, warns the freshman nine of its fate if it persists in its present sluggishness. It has not yet begun practicing in the gymnasium...
...most interesting numbers on the programme. It is one of the best modern compositions which Gericke has offered us for some time. It's great strength lies in the rich and intelligent orchestration and in the intensely dramatic and vivid manner in which the fate Desdemona is portrayed. The composer has adhered to strictly his own ideas and by doing so he has given us a most delightful and refreshing piece of music. The overture to Tannhaeuser made a very fitting close. It was given with great warmth and vigor the conductor allowing the bass more freedom than...