Word: liking
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Cheering like any applause should be spontaneous, or it loses its point-and it should be given for the good play of any player, or it is markedly unjust and stupid. A team from another college comes to Cambridge to play with usand the men are our guests...
...Omaha Indians have a very good idea of harmony and most of their music is sung with bass and tenor parts like ours, although many other tribes confine themselves to one part. The songs which are universally the most popular among the Indians are those which refer to fellowship and peace and an end of all contention...
...Shakespeare Society of Wellesley will give "As You Like It" on the college campus next Saturday afternoon...
Bishop Hall of Vermont preached last night at Appleton Chapel from the text "and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had the face of a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle," taken from Revelation. All the Revelation of St. John, he said, must not be taken as a literal description of heaven. It is an allegory, and all through the Bible we find...
...constitutional government like ours, nothing can be done but by talk. The word "talk" is not here used in the hypercritical, scornful way which is so common. Talk has, in its present use, a broad meaning. It means thought, preparation, determination, sagacity, knowledge of men and of affairs, the adaptation of means to an end. With these behind it, speech is as worthy of our respect as is the most effective means of action provided by our constitution...