Word: mediums
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...however, came a pension of three hundred pounds from the government and it is from the subsequent brighter days of leisure and competence, when Johnson was able to go about the world of London and indulge his passion for talk, that we know him best. Boswell is the clear medium through which succeeding generations behold Johnson in London, at the club, in the Hebrides, with his poor folk, as well as with the many pretty and clever women whom Johnson had added to the list of his acquaintance. But one of the less known anecdotes of Johnson makes clear what...
...single appeal to the person or persons who are or seem to be responsible for the grievances claimed. Whenever it seems necessary to make a remonstrance against some crying abuse or an appeal to public opinion on any subject, the columns of a daily paper are perhaps the natural medium. But it is absurd to bring before the public petty complaints that can be settled by simpler and more natural means...
...Thayer as secretary. It was decided to print a number of copies of the report of the Committee of Five to be sent with a circular calling for expressions of opinions on the project and to be distributed among graduates in different parts of the country through the medium of the various Harvard Clubs. As the annual dinners of these clubs are usually held at about this time of the year, it is hoped that much help will be got by discussion of the subject on these occasions. The committee will be enlarged before long by the addition of graduates...
...glad to spread through the medium of our columns the notice that distinguished football enthusiasts are to direct attention to the general problems connected with the training of athletic teams during the necessarily inactive winter months...
...second letter in the intercollegiate correspondence which is carried on between the CRIMSON, the Yale News, and the Princetonian appears this morning. Hereafter letters will be exchanged weekly with the Yale News and with the Princetonian once in two weeks. These letters form a very convenient medium through which the students of each university can keep informed not only of the most interesting events in the life of the others, but also of student opinion in each institution on matters of intercollegiate interest...