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So speaks the Oracle, under the caption, "A Blow to Harvard," and thereby shows an unparalleled capacity for sweeping generalization. But cooler and more sensible persons will not take fright. It is, indeed, somewhat ironical that it should be necessary for President Lowell to defend for himself that freedom of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "PRO BONO UNIVERSITATIS." | 3/18/1916 | See Source »

The Editor's answer to the question, "Was John Harvard the Founder?" effectually lays the ghosts of certain historical anonymities who should rest with the anteColumban discoverers of America and the preAdamite men. It would be an ironical welcome indeed if the young Freshman scion of the Founder's family...

Author: By Edward EYRE Hunt ., | Title: Mr. Hunt on Graduates' Magazine | 10/3/1911 | See Source »

It is hard for me to adapt myself comfortably to the fact that the Advocate is no longer an organ of College opinion. Can it be that the internal economy of the University is so perfected that there are no continuing evils to assail, no grievances so lasting as to...

Author: By Lindsay SWIFT ., | Title: Review of Current Advocate | 12/11/1908 | See Source »

M. France appears to us as a modern Voltaire, combining the same vigor with clearness of thought and purity of style. He has less esprit than Voltaire but more grace; is equally ironical but tempers the irony with pity. As is always the case when a new class is replacing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: M. Le Roux's Lecture. | 2/27/1902 | See Source »

The origin of the title "Twelfth Night" probably came from the fact that it was originally produced on the Feast of the Epiphany. The second title, "What you Will," is a much disputed addition, the most simple explanation of which seems to be that it was given to express the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Twelfth Night" | 1/20/1900 | See Source »

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