Word: meed
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...departure. Those who have not been fortunate to study under him still know the sympathy and the humanity of his interpretation of literature. Under his guidance students have learned to regard the masterpieces of literature with as much interest and intimacy as it they were contemporary fiction--the highest meed of praise. By means of his charmingly written books he has awakened a real love of literature in wider fields than the University. Perhaps his greatest contribution is his personal influence on the literary tastes of the present generation...
...Firing Line," is an amiable trifle. It is to be regretted that in it the dialogue dies away into narrative at exactly the spot where it should be most interesting., Mr. Thwing's sonnet to the memory of Mr. Higginson, worthily pays a brave man, "a brave man's meed...