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With the publication of the results of the Herald-Tribune national driving survey coming shortly on the heels of the Crimson poll, it is interesting to compare the sentiments of the country at large with that of the undergraduate body. In both instances uniform traffic laws among states, and stricter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD AND THE DRIVING SURVEY | 1/27/1936 | See Source »

On Nov. 24, 1859, Charles Robert Darwin published On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. The entire first edition (1,250 copies) was sold by the next afternoon.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Again, Evolution | 2/18/1929 | See Source »

The writer then makes the assertion that Matthew Arnold, the apostle of "sweetness and light," as well as Mrs. Langtry are both guilty of having used the phrase "pull myself together," but says in defence of its use that such a phrase is hardly slang when it "has passed as...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. | 5/30/1884 | See Source »

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