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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Modern Language Conference. Old Hindu predecessors of Mediaeval folktales. Professor Lanman. - Some notes on the beast fable. Professor Kittredge. Sever...
...General Ideas as products of Imitation. The Social Factors in Mental Training. The "Psychology of Suggestion," and the Lessons of Modern Hypnotic Research...
...from Greece. When Christianity was still young, the strong literary spirit of the Greeks had a decided effect on it. Thus their elegant rhetoric soon put an end to the spontaneous prophesying which was common in the first days of the church, and made way for the preaching of modern times. It used to be thought that the Christian church was an entirely new phenomenon; but this is far from true. It is only unique in its idea of Christ. In fact, irreverant though it may seem to admit it, Christianity is indebted to pagan ideas for a number...
...Apology of Aristides and the Gospel of St. Peter. Investigation has shown that the substance of the Apology is contained in an old story which is still preserved; and this leads us to believe that there may be still other pieces of earlier literature incorporated in the writings of modern days. We know certainly that the Gospel of St Peter was written about 120 A. D., and it contains many quotations from the other four Gospels with which we are familiar; thus proving them to belong to a period nearer the time of Christ than has been previously supposed...
Instead of the usual required work in Greek at Williams, a corresponding amount of modern languages may be substituted after this year...