Word: life
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Harper's--"Jostling the Simple Life," E. S. Martin...
...decipher. Hence arose the practice of a writer attaching to himself a disciple, who would be instructed to read his master's book. This was a prime necessity in order that records might be handed down. The best instance of this sort of a traditional book is Callisthenes' "Life of Alexander." With this as an example we may follow the various forms which such books have taken. There are not only widely differing translations in the various languages, but every copy of the book varies from every other...
...impossible to believe that such a regulation, which would involve much additional expense to the University, is either necessary or advisable. There is much to be said in favor of personal contact between men who have just finished their undergraduate life at Harvard and men who are newcomers. But the benefit from such a connection depends entirely upon the personality of the young instructor, and this we believe is the key to the whole situation. There are men at Harvard, whose undergraduate life is just completed, and whose work and personality qualify them for positions as instructors...
...Since that time, he has been a member of the Massachusetts Legislature, and has been on the military staff of the Governor of Massachusetts. He has published many well-known books, among which are "Cheerful Yesterdays," "Contemporaries," "Reader's History of American Literature," and "Part of a Man's Life...
...northern immigrations, on the security of Aegean commerce, and the religion of the Greek Polis. His second lecture was on the breaking up of institutions, such as agricultural sanctions and tribes, under the stress of the migrations, and on the meanings of "Aidos" and "Nemesis" in Greek life and literature...