Word: makers
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...manufacturers of furnishing goods seem inordinately fond of Harvard. There is the Harvard Shirt, so called probably because the maker was advised by his friends who inspected the article to "give it a name." There is a collar dubbed "Harvard," because no one in Harvard wears a collar that looks anything like it. The application of the term to a hat that was put on the market last spring was particularly unfortunate. It is true that a few '78 men were inveigled into buying the "tile" just before Class Day, but as a large running track, carefully surveyed and levelled...
Omar Khayam, or Omar the Tent-maker, is the Horace of Persia. He was born in Khorassan, about the middle of the eleventh century of our era, and died in the year 1123. His life was passed in astronomical studies, and he probably composed his quatrains, which are bound together by no logical connection, in the intervals of his professional work...
...Maker meant not should be trod
...plans for the future, and while his dearest friends are expecting some fruit from him in return for their long labors of love and training. But a death like his is especially sad, because he was himself endowed with a strong sense of right, with reverence towards his Maker, and with an unceasing love for his parents. He was noble, refined, and manly. His loss is deeply felt by all his friends...
...attitude is graceful and majestic, and the effect of the figure is greatly enhanced by its being brought out in bold relief against the folds of the rich blue flag which forms the background. The selection of the tints which compose the armor displays the perfect knowledge of the maker as to what was exactly necessary, and the subtile disposition of them is strikingly beautiful. Moreover, the effect of the window, instead of being diminished by its distance from the ground, is rather increased, and when the window is wholly completed it will undoubtedly be one of the finest specimens...