Word: letterings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...following is the text of the letter of thanks sent by President Eliot to the English gentlemen composing the committee throung whose instrumentality the bust of Longfellow was recently presented to the university...
Capt. Woodman has received an answer to his letter, challenging the Columbia Freshman Crew to a two mile straight away race at New London. The challenge has been accepted, and the time for the race will be determined upon in the future...
...laid upon the philological study of these idioms, and the natural consequence has followed that faulty methods have been rooted out, the standard of their appreciation everywhere raised, and rich fruits garnered in their advance in academic discipline. It was this religious regard for the spirit, rather than the letter of language that lifted Germany out of the slough of despond in which all linguistic study was sunk three-quarters of a century ago, and gave her such vantage ground over all other nations that they will probably never be able to overtake her in this work. Here, too, just...
Prof. W. W. Goodwin has a letter in the current Nation Criticising some remarks of Prof. Youmans on the Republic of Plato...
...readers will find in this issue a letter from Professor Ames, President of the Co-operative Society, in which he proposes to become personally responsible for the success and solvency of the society in June, in case the sum of $600 is raised before this evening. His letter is also a personal assurance, based on his knowledge of the affairs of the society, that if this sum is raised, there will be in June a surplus of stock over liabilities. The society could never become a success so long as every summer it had to end the year without...