Word: humanity
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...book on the subject of temperance, called "The Hercules Brand," which has been most favorably reviewed, and criticised. The following is an extract from one of the papers which reviewed the work: "His powers of description are quite remarkable, his language is well chosen, and his knowledge of human nature is profound. The several characters are delineated clearly, and the moral of the narrative is introduced with marked ability...
During the two or three years before his entrance to college, it is true, the boy feels some dim forebodings of trouble ahead; but a decisive step to meet it is seldom taken. Human nature is weak, and the issue is generally avoided, while the anxious son consoles himself with the thought that years may bring wisdom to the dear parents...
...were considered, and the students exhibited great interest in the work of the course. The work of the second half year has struck a rock in the person of "Old Dr. Johnson." For there weeks the course has been restricted to a microscopic, hypercritical examination of the "Vanity of Human Wishes." When it is remembered that the course meets but once a week, the expenditure of valuable time can be realized. English VII. is essentially, and, to be successful, must necessarily be made a lecture course. Its rare meeting, the vast amount of work to be accomplished...
...gloomily about the "combined forces of moneyed considerations and a false liberalism" "crumbling the walls of scholastic learning," and indicates quite (?) that Harvard "has sold its (?) right for a mess of pottage." They are mature announcement of the change has thus done considerable mischief Since the faculty are but human, it can hardly be expected of them, in the face of this violent and irrational clamor to come to their final decision in the matter in a perfectly calm and unbiased spirit. No man can be subjected to such savage criticism, and not become either obstinate or fainthearted under...
...physical phenomena, such as table tipping; altering weight of bodies, etc.; (b), chemical phenomena, such as preserving men from fire; (c), direct writing, e. g. automatic writing of a pencil on a slate; (d), musical phenomena, e. g. automatic playing of accordeon, piano, etc.; (e), spirit forms, as of human beings. Spiritualism has arisen since 1848, and now the believers in it number about 20,000,000 persons. A commission, of which the lecturer is a member, has been established to investigate this subject, but it has not yet thought it wise to publish the results of its researches...