Word: modernes
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...text the third verse of the 11th chapter of second Corinthians-the simplicity of Christ. At the present day we would almost say that every thing in our lives is tending towards the opposite of simplicity. The missionary of simplicity may well look with pity on the modern world with its complexities of fictitious pleasure and joys. In spite of this apparent tendency, however, there is a growing desire in the heart of real man for the charming directness and sweet simplicity like that of Christ. This simplicity is not that of the child, nor that of the ignorant...
Professor Josiah Royce is to repeat in New York his course of lectures on Modern Thinkers, recently delivered in Boston with notable success. The general purposes of the course are to give personal characterizations of some of the most noteworthy modern thinkers; to suggest something of the nature of their attitudes towards the great issues of humanity and to illustrate spiritual problems of our day. The subjects are "Spinoza to Kant," "Fichte," "The Romantic Movement in Philosophy," "Hegel," "Schopenhawer," "The rise of the Philosophy of Evolution," "Idealism as a Tendency in Philosophy," "Fate, Law and Freedom," and "Optimism, Pessimism...
...GEORGE B. SOHIER PRIZE.The president and fellows of Harvard College have voted to establish the George B. Sohier prize of two hundred and fifty dollars a year for the best thesis presented by a successful candidate for honors in English or in Modern Literature. The prize is assignable this year...
...have perfection of form and a wealth of melody, but Mozart thereby gives expression to his joyfulness and power in contrast to the tender and appealing character of Schubert's "Unfinished Symphony" It is a relief to turn from the labored and obscure music of Wagner and the more modern school to these examples of perfect form, and beauty combined. The work of the orchestra was with out criticism in these numbers...
...announced that the president and fellows of Harvard College have voted to establish the George B. Sohier prize of $250 a year for the best thesis presented by a successful candidate for honors in English or in Modern Literature. The prize will be awarded this year and should arouse keen competition among those who can compete...