Word: matthews
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Henry Bartlett Learned read the Bowdoin Prize Dissertation last evening before an audience which comfortably filled Sever 5. The subject was "A Critical Study of the Writings of Matthew Arnold." In opening Mr. Larned gave an interesting sketch of Arnold's life, dwelling particularly on his university days at Oxford under his great father. The speaker then proceeded to a critical estimate of Arnold's works, which he divided into five classes, The writings on English society were first taken up. In them one sees Arnold's critical faculty at its best. Culture was Arnold's god. The Greeks...
...Critical Study of the Writings of Matthew Arnold. Bowdoin prize dissertation. Mr. Henry Bartlett Learned. Sever...
...Philip S. Moxom, of Boston, delivered a sermon last night on a text from Matthew vi: 10-"Thy kingdom come: Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven." This is the most universal prayer of mankind; it includes everything that can be asked for from God. It confesses the imperfection of the human being, of human institutions. It acknowledges the prevalence of weakness, sin and despair in the human heart. At the same time it expresses an unfaltering trust in the goodness and justice of God. It even expresses a belief that in the end the kingdom...
...Critical Study of the Writings of Matthew Arnold. Bowdoin prize dissertation. Mr. Henry Bartlett Learned. Sever...
II.To Henry Barrett Learned, of the Senior class, a prize of $75 for a dissertation entitled "A critical study of the writings of Matthew Arnold...