Word: hitherto
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...holds decided opinions on all the great questions of the day, and always exercises his privilege of the ballot, we may be sure, with due deliberation. If questioned, he can give a very graphic and remarkable history of the Christian religion, with astonishing exactitude as to dates and events, hitherto unknown to the learned world...
...understood that Mr. Mapleson has engaged M. Lassalle, who has hitherto been a great favorite at Covent Garden, in London, and who is enthusiastically termed by the London Times "the king of modern baritones," for his company next season...
...present, in another column, a very opportune communication in reference to the freshman nine. Hitherto, too little attention has been paid to the success of this nine in its contests with the Yale freshmen. As the writer of the article says, "defeat has been regarded as a foregone conclusion which it is useless to endeavor to frustrate." It does seem very strange that our freshmen should so often seemingly accede to the desires of the Yale nine and play the first game at New Haven. The advantage thus given is incalculable. Every one can recognize the benefit resulting...
...Madison University seats in chapel are sold off to the highest bidders at auction. Here is surely a plan for relieving Harvard's financial needs unthought of hitherto. We heartily favor it. (Of course it would necessitate voluntary chapel, as a consequence...
...most intimate nature. The Archaeological Institute was organized in 1879 with Charles Eliot Norton as president, and with Prof. Goodwin and Alexander Agassiz on the board of directors. Since its organization its work has grown to be of national importance. The two most important results of its labors hitherto have been the well-known explorations carried on recently in Mexico by Mr. A. F. Bandelier, and the excavations now being carried on in Greece by Mr. J. T. Clarke. The third result of its energetic existence has now appeared in the birth of the American School at Athens...