Word: knowing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...will not say with the Emperor Charles V. that a man is as many men as he knows languages, and still less with Lord Burleigh that such polyglottism is but "to have one meat served in divers dishes." But I think that to know the literature of another language, whether dead or living matters not, gives us the prime benefits of foreign travel. It relieves us from what Richard Lassels aptly calls a "moral Excommunication;" it greatly widens the mind's range of view, and therefore of comparison, thus strengthening the judicial faculty; and it teaches us to consider...
Today ninety-four bids her social goodbye to Harvard. It will bring unfeigned regret to hundreds of the students who are to remain longer in the University. Ninety-four has many members who, by reason of their stalwart manliness and refined gentlemanliness, it has been an education to know...
What has been said about the just mode to judge the nine's work, holds equally true of the crew. Their work cannot be judged in detail, but all know that Captain Davis has never weakened in his effort to produce a creditable crew, and that the many men who have rowed have been eager to do their best. The University is appreciative of the severe work that is being done at New London, and keenly hopes that it may end in victory...
...Seniors who wish to attend the dinner must sign the blue-book at Leavitt and Peirce's before 9 o'clock Friday morning. If men sign the book and then find that they cannot go they will please cross out their names before that time, as the committee must know exactly how many to provide for. No dress suits will be worn. The dinner is free to all seniors and it is hoped that every man who can possibly do so will attend...
Comparatively few students, other than those who are taking botanical courses at the University, know what a charming display of native and foreign flowers can now be seen at the University Garden. On entering the gate on Garden street, one finds, on the left hand, arranged in a roockery, a choice selection of the plants which were favorites in English gardens in the time of Queene Anne. Just beyond, there is a brilliant mass of "flame" Azaleas and Rhododendrons, with their humbler relatives from the swamps. Further on is a large group of desert plants, fringed under the higher maples...