Word: finding
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...clear and definite conception of human character; a revelation of ideal life which shall have the stamp of authority. We want the manhood that will bear the test of the universe and that shall make uslive to make our fellow men wiser and better. We must find somewhere and somehow an infinite companionship...
...would be surprising, if it had not come to be such a matter of course, to find the foremost college in the country offering instruction in such an elementary field as is covered by English A. That part of the course which deals with the history of English literature is, indeed, not out of place; but it is little less than absurd that freshmen at Harvard should have to be instructed in the first principles of composition, or, to put it with painful simplicity, should have to be taught to write even fairly well. And to write what? The absurdity...
...strengthened by God himself. He intended to lead men to a happier, better condition on earth, by showing them the misery that they made for themselves by sin, and by pointing out the way by which they must ascend to blessedness. In few other works of men do we find such uninterrupted consistency of purpose as in the Divine Comedy. From the beginning to the end of the poem the aim of Dante is to guide his fellow men to righteousness and never for a moment do we lose sight of the great, resolute purpose of the poet...
...afternoon in April he found himself wandering in a deep gloomy forest, not knowing how he had come there or where he was. His mind seemed weighed down with heaviness as if he had just awakened from a deep sleep. After trying for some time to find his way out of the wood, he came at length to the foot of a mountain, over which the sun was setting, spreading its red gold rays in a beautiful glow upon the summit. The poet, longing to reach the light and leave the gloomy forest depths behind, begins to ascend the mountain...
...English reader will find Mr. Longfellow's comment of great service, but it leaves many points of interest untouched...