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Word: greate (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Schliemann, the great archaeologist has signified his intention of bequeathing at his death his valuable collection at Athens to the Ethnological Museum at Berlin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 11/23/1887 | See Source »

...early in the history of the college, and as we read we bless the fate that has made us Harvard men of today and not of two hundred years ago. The freshmen had a hard time in those days. Now, in their own opinion at least, they are of great importance; no one molests them, and they are permitted to lead their verdant life in peace. But stranger indeed were the laws against freshmen in 1675: "No freshman shall wear his hat in the college yard unless it rains, hails or snows, provided he be on foot and have...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Life at Harvard in 1675. | 11/23/1887 | See Source »

...told that they improved every opportunity in this direction. Flogging was in vogue then and was personally attended to by the president; it was not until 1735 that corporeal punishment began to go into disuse. "When flogging was resorted to, the occasion was always one of great solemnity." The president and fellows, tutors and students assembled in the library; the sentence was read in their presence and the offender made to kneel before them. The president then offered a prayer after which the "prison-keeper at Cambridge" attended to the performance of flogging. The exercises were closed with prayer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Life at Harvard in 1675. | 11/23/1887 | See Source »

...great parties represent the capitalist class; (b) the interests of the laborers are not the same as those of the capitalists...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: English VI. | 11/22/1887 | See Source »

...forcing the great parties to take action; (b) by the education resulting from sgitation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: English VI. | 11/22/1887 | See Source »

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