Word: matthews
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Letter on Literary Criticism" from the pen of Mr. G. R. Carpenter is one of the most valuable articles which have appeared in the Monthly. It is a study of the laws of criticism with an estimate of the influences of Saints Beuve upon Matthew Arnold. The writer's words impress upon us the dignity of the work of the true critic. The thoughts of Mr. Carpenter deserve to be taken to heart...
...George A. Gordon preached in the Chapel last evening from the text found in Matthew VIII, 34. Putting aside all questions of history the preacher searched for a moral significance in the casting out of devils. The speaker said that few people are willing today to give up their insanity at the expense of their service, or in other words, were willing to give up their sins if they were compelled at the same time to give up the pleasures...
...baccalaureate sermon was preached by Prof. Francis G. Peabody yesterday afternoon before a large congregation, composed mostly of Cambridge people. It was a thoughtful, eloquent address, commanding the closest attention and interest of the hearers. Dr. Peabody chose for his text a part of the fourth chapter of St. Matthew's gospel, the subject being "The Temptation of Christ." He traced the similarity between the temptations of Christ as He was entering on His ministry and those of a young man just beginning his active life work. Christ's temptations were real struggles, not supernatural manifestations. They arose not from...
Rourke, Attack, D. Matthew...
Cupples and Hurd will issue next Saturday, Matthew Arnold's first and last impressions of America, consisting of his celebrated "A Word about America," "A Few More Words," and his very recent article, "Civilization in the United States...