Word: likeness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...never so strong, never so full of vigor, although in her two hundredth year, as she is today. The older she grows the younger she is. She has come to what she is, because she is a growth and not a creation. She has grown to it. She is like a tree that spreads out its branches and extends its roots down deep into the earth. So has Yale done, and how rich are her fruits...
...life of the Arabian poets was like that of the medixval troubadours. The minstrels wandered from place to place, and sang their own poems to intelligent and critical audiences at public gatherings. Trials of skill were frequent, and great rewards fell to the share of the victor...
...Semetic races seem incapable of epic or dramatic poetry. Their creations are subjective, and the poets cannot sing on subjects unconnected with themselves. It is in story telling, like that of the "Thousand and OneNights" that the epic impulses of the Semites find their scope. These tales are constantly undergoing invention and amplification at the present day. The stories themselves probably came from India through Persian translations, but they have been adapted to Arabian surroundings by numberless delicate and graceful touches...
...cricketers of Philadelphia, encouraged by the easy manner in which they defeated Canada last July, and the recent victories over the Gentlemen of Ireland, will very likely send an eleven over to England next spring. This team will be called, like its predecessor which was so successful, "The Gentlemen of Philadelphia." The former visit was in '84. Sine then many young cricketers have sprung into prominence and by their performances in the recent international matches proved that they could uphold the reputation of the '84 team...
...greatest evils which a large university like Harvard has to contend with is that the larger the university, the fewer the opportunities the students will have to come in contact with the instructors outside of their courses. There should be occasions on which the students and members of the faculty can meet as man to man and exchange opinions. The gain would not be wholly to the students. Matured men may learn much from earnest young fellows. Our college conference meetings give us the desired opportunity. Meetings will be held every fortnight, at which prominent members of the faculty...