Word: greate
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...length returned. Few of us have ever been in the condition of the prodigal, but in every serious life there comes a similar transition. Our minds may be moving along in a purposeless way, doing its tasks, acquiring and forgetting, when, some day, we may be awakened by a great thought or by some terrible message. Then the tasks of the mind take on a new meaning; the soul weakens to itself. This is the greatest experience a soul can pass through. The impulse towards this transition is not a mere physical reaction; it is the influence of the revelation...
...class of 1857. It is entitled "Harvard University in the War of 1861-65." It is a record of the services rendered in the army and navy of the United States by the graduates and students of Harvard College and the professional schools. The University, owing to its great prominence, has figured considerably in many novels. "The Scene of Frankley," by Henri Greville, is laid in part at Harvard. "In the Bostonians," by Henry James, there is description of the college exterior in one of the principal chapters. The scenes of the first part of Howells's "April Hopes...
...notorious fact that the great University commons, known as Memorial Hall, has become an overgrown and unwieldy institution. The universal demand for reform, which was made by the members of the Dining Association last January, proved this very plainly. In compliance with the demand, the Board of Directors appointed a committee to investigate the condition of the Hall and to make pertinent suggestions for improvement. The report of this committee has been printed and deserves the careful attention, not only of those students who dine in the Hall, but also of all who are interested in the success...
...have exceeded their quota. There were no books of any particular pretension published, but the productions appeared as editorials and special articles in different medical periodicals at home and abroad. In the Natural History department little has been published, but the few productions have been of great value. In botanical work three names are to be noticed. A new edition of Professor Gray's "Elements of Botany" was issued; Professor Farlow was made a co-editor of the Annals of Botany, published at Oxford, the first number of which appeared in August; and ten lectures by Prof. Goodale on "Ligneous...
...There is great difficulty in obtaining a sufficient number of copies of "The Winter's Tale," which is now being read in English...