Word: marches
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...course of lectures to be given by the Natural History has been nearly arranged. The lectures will be six in number, and will begin in March...
...aimed at except the prevention of crime? References: Baccaria (des Delits et Peines), Bentham's Theory of Legislation, Livingston's Criminal Jurisprudence (introduction to La Code), Rantoul's speeches on Capital Punishment, Dymond's Elements of Morality, and other treatises on moral philosophy, passim. Time, first Tuesday in March...
...training up to August 1. The text of the letter will be found in another column. The reasons given for declining the proposal are that the Oxford term ends early in June, that the 'Varsity men do not keep together after the inter-'Varsity race in February or March, and that it would be very difficult to persuade them to keep in trim through the summer. Oxford is not confident of beating Cambridge, as six of last year's crew have left the boat, and in case of her defeat she fears a race with the losers would be unsatisfactory...
...Henley, also in College Boats, and not together for the University, are generally very stale, and would require much persuasion to begin again and row for another two months, being an exact repetition of what they had done before while preparing for the Inter-'Varsity Race in February and March, and besides many would be utterly prevented from rowing, so the crew would be in reality a different and not a representative one. Again, supposing Oxford were beaten by Cambridge in the spring, it would be very unsatisfactory for Harvard to have a match fixed with the losers...
...March without mud's what my life's like...