Word: lightnesses
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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They feel her solemn presence as the light...
With gratification I remember that my preparatory years were devoted exclusively to the study of the Classics. Kuhner and Harkness were my constant companions; and in the light of their wisdom my love for the ancients found being and growth. It gives me pleasure to recall the fact, that at my admission examination, though I located Manilla on the coast of Mexico and Mt. Shasta in Hindostan, I was able to give correctly the location of the Bosporani and the Cyziceni...
...striking a light, looks under...
Brighter seemed the light the sun was flashing...
...present necessary expenses, large sums are needed. The amount of these is so large as to be beyond the limit which a private philanthropist can hope to reach. It is a most natural course, then, to ask that the State shall assume this burden, which is a comparatively light one when we consider the sums annually wasted in corrupt and useless schemes. We are happy to say that the Legislature, although the same body that passed the prohibitory law and refused to annul the Sumner resolutions, took a sensible view of this matter at least, and granted...