Word: generalization
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...fitted for College at Pinkerton Academy in Derry, N. H., and was graduated from Harvard at the head of his class in 1844, and from the Harvard Law School in 1846. Among his college classmates were Francis Parkman, William M. Hunt, the artist; Benjamin Apthorp Gould and General E. A. Wild of Brookline...
...Latin in Harvard from 1846 to 1850. From 1850 to to 1857 he practiced law in Cincinnati. Since 1857 he has lived in Littleton, excepting a few months at the close of the civil war, when he served as a volunteer aide on the staff of his classmate, General Wilde, and the winters of the past ten years spent in Boston. In 1859 he was a member of the House of Representatives and of the select special committee on the revision of the statutes. Since November, 1865, excepting the years 1875-78, he served in various official capacities, including that...
...with couches, lounges, and easy chairs. To the right is a large billiard room, and to the left a well-equipped reading room. Two handsome stairways furnished with cosy window seats lead to the second story. Here the public services of the Y. M. C. A. are held, and general entertainments. The rooms of the athletic-association and also those of the Y. M. C. A. are on this floor. The third floor contains the offices of the college papers, the headquarters of the musical clubs, meeting rooms of the medical and other societies; also a kitchen. The basement contains...
There is, of course, the usual short funny story; but it is of general rather than local interest. The customary specimen lecture is "drool"; the one editorial contained in the number is a mere flow of adjectives and adverbs...
...even brilliant in many departments of football, and one which was hotly contested throughout, Harvard defeated the Carlisle Indians on Saturday, twenty-two to ten. Except for permitting the touchdown, which was made by the Indians on a fumble in the first minutes' play, the Harvard team exceeded general expectations and rolled up a good score against opponents of great reputation for strength. On the offensive Harvard was much stronger than the Indians, and was rarely held for downs. The defense, as was expected, kept the ball so far from the goal line that Hudson could not kick a goal...