Word: modernes
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Mellen St.THE Seminary in Modern History will meet at U. 20 on Monday...
...desirable for family having members in Harvard or in Cambridge schools; No. 8, Mercer Circle, (2d house on right from Brattle St.) near Craigie St., unfurnished if not rented furnished by certain date; contains 14 rooms, library of 1,000 volumes, billiard and pool table, etc., laundry, and all modern conveniences; Mount Auburn cars pass near house via. both Brattle and Garden Streets. Apply at house...
...Historical writing alone the French have failed to influence corresponding work in England and America. The modern philosophical treatment of customs and institutions has not flourished in France until comparatively lately...
...less ambitious sketches, entitled "Pattes des Mouches," and "The Expected Hour," together with the "College Kodaks," complete the number. "The Expected Hour" is a rather vivid anaiysis of the sensations of a modern novelist, who has all his life wondered how it would feel to die, and who can hardly do himself justice when the hour at length arrives. We are curious to see more from the same...
...Cynics played an important part at this time. Their bravery and constancy won for them the respect of all. They resemble in some respects the modern anarchists except in relation to God. Their pure deism rebuked the polytheism of the age, and their asceticism did much towards shaping the hermit life and the monastic system of later times...