Word: liking
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...place in our literature, and it is by means of certain passages in the Bigelow Papers and the Commemoration Ode that he has most moved his country-men. His later lyrics are more subtle, weighted with thought, tinged with autumnal melancholy. He was a most fertile composer, and, like all the men of his time and group, produced too much. Yet his patriotic verse was so admirable in feeling and is still so inspiring to his readers that one cannot wish it less in quantity; and in the field of political satire, such as the two series of Bigelow Papers...
...bookman should be, and sometimes the very richness and whimsicality of his bookish fancies marred the simplicity and good taste of his pages. But the fundamental texture of his thought and feeling was American, and his most characteristic style has the raciness of our soil. Nature lovers like to point out the freshness and delicacy of his reaction to the New England scene. Wit and humor and wisdom made him one of the best talkers of his generation. These qualities pervade his essays and his letters, and the latter in particular reveal those ardons and fidelities of friendship which...
While the Peace Conference is industriously concocting a number of bitter potions for Hunnish consumption, it would perhaps be pertinent for the University to ruminate upon the ultimate destiny of the Germanic Museum. Like the German "kultur" whence it sprang, the continuation of its raison d'etre is no longer desirable, unless, of course, we should decide to perpetuate the results of "kultur" in an up-to-date chamber of horrors. The problem of disposition must somehow be solved. At present it is but a monument of disputed architectural beauty, and of no practical benefit to its founders...
...mood of appreciative understanding has been further prepared for the memories of today by the service of Sunday, held in honor of a man who, like Lincoln, seemed to combine within himself those qualities which we are proud to call "American." No other great leaders of this nation have ever typified so well its distinguishing characteristics. It is significant that the highest honor payable to subsequent leaders of America has been to compare their qualities with the exemplary ones of Lincoln...
...that he is really a part of the University until he has heard "Copey" read. And once having been present at one of the readings he follows the path to them, beaten by the countless footsteps of men in former years, as often as the privilege is given, which, like all desirable events, comes far too rarely...