Word: life
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...which has never been satisfactorily explained. When they became more frequent again, the monuments exhibit a great variety of subjects. A favorite one is the dead man reclining on a couch, surrounded by his friends who make him offerings. The class of representations contains a special reference to the life beyond the grave. All other monuments. however, represent merely common scenes of daily life, without any reference to death except that contained in the general atmosphere of sadness in the figures. There are very few stones on which either a sick or a dead person is represented...
...monuments have already attracted the attention of lovers of art, and the Romans carried many of them away from Greece to adorn their villas. Their greatest value to us is that they give evidence of a noble and dignified family life in ancient Greece, and show, in contrast to the exaggerated and libelous plays of Aristophanes, that women were honored and respected in Athens while they lived, and mourned for by their families when they died...
Athletics, it is to be regretted, have gone to extremes. Just as base ball is at present one of the principal topics of interest in the nation, so athletics fill a most important place in college life. Newspapers, whose sole object is to make money, foster this abnormal interest in athletics by giving glowing accounts of all games. The editors are even ready to have a close game of base ball or of foot ball reported, as they are well aware of the likes and dislikes of their readers. This "abnormal interest" in athletic contests brings about betting, a "sign...
...successfully. All Harvard men naturally would like to see Harvard first in athletics, but victory must not be bought by a sacrifice of honor. Harvard students must remember that the object of this college is to fit men for the positions they will occupy in after life; they should condemn disgraceful acts in athletic contests, but they should not protest when it can be said that they too are guilty, or when their object in protesting seems equivocal...
...audience which assembled to hear Rev. Phillips Brooks in Appleton Chapel last night filled it to overflowing. The preacher's text was from John vii. 27, "Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh no man knoweth whence he is." The problem of man's life said Dr. Brooks, is to find and keep the proper proportion between the mystical and the practical. The complete religion when perfectly revealed, must satisfy both sides of man's nature. The close association of Christ with life does not degrade Christ, but elevates life, because He is the stronger...