Word: freer
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...writes "To Frederic Schenck". The value of the poem is in the feeling it expresses toward its subject; a value marred only by the frequent lapses in word or phrase from the exalted to the mediocre. Possibly a simpler form might have left the evident sincerity of the work freer to be felt, but as it stands we may be grateful for the poem. The same difficulty with external form bothers the author of "Ghosts", and the reader is jolted out of whatever enjoyment he might derive from this treatment of an old theme. "The Gallows Thing" is the most...
...ancient Chinese painting has been recently added to the exhibits at the Fogg Art Museum through the gift of Charles L. Freer of Detroit, a collector of Chinese art and an authority on the subject. It is a large picture entitled "Ancient Pines and Rocks," attributed to Li Cheny, a master of the Sung Dynasty. It was painted in the period when the feudal regime was at its height and shows in a marked degree the influence of that regime. According to authorities on the subject, the work was composed...
That this cordial co-operation should cease with the return of peace would be as unfortunate as it is improbable. The two countries naturally have supplementary products of industry and agriculture; their freer interchange across land boundaries which are purely artificial and water boundaries which are not barriers but highways should be furthered. Financially, we are rivalling England as Canada's largest creditor; the Dominion with its rich natural resources and universal prosperity will naturally receive a larger and larger share of our surplus capital. Politically, we can have nothing but good-will for Canada's free and democratic government...
...have not recognized the substantial character of the common people of Russia or the economic importance of Russia to this country. I hope that some wealthy benefactor of Harvard will see fit to endow a chair of Russian economics in our School of Business Administration. I feel sure that freer intercourse between the two countries will be of advantage not only to Russia but to America
...those of Major General Leonard Wood, M. D., '84, and Assistant Secretary of State F. D. Roosevelt '04, whose names appear on the Committee on Military Science and Tactics; W. C. Forbes '92, Ex-Governor of the Philippines on the Committee to visit the Botanic Garden; C. L. Freer, of Detroit, Michigan, on the Committee to visit the Fogg Art Museum and Division of Fine Arts; Judge F. J. Swayze '79, of the Supreme Court of New Jersey on the Committee to visit the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; Police Commissioner A. Woods '92, of New York...