Word: moment
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Minot J. Savage will preach in Appleton Chapel on Sunday evening. The opportunity of listening to clergymen of all denominations is one of the greatest privileges which comes to us from our system of religious worship at Harvard. To catch for the moment the views and spirit of those who think differently from ourselves is at once broadening and elevating. Dr. Savage represents the exteme of unitarianism. Just how much we shall be influenced by him depends to a great extent on the character of our past experience. Still, however much we may agree or disagree with...
...skillful man, but the man who barters his skill for pecuniary gain, whether in the shape of actual cash in hand paid or of financial aid extended indirectly; and this individual is not so likely to appear in the undergraduate department. I don't for a moment think that it has yet reached the ultimate point, but when that ultimate point is reached, it is this, that a man who begins by selling his college may some day find himself selling an individual act in a particular contest - selling races, selling games...
...John Dryden made his fame or, perhaps better won his popularity. His plays at first very poor, gradually grew better until finally he captured the London court, and henceforth his position was secure. Dryden was hardly a man of lofty ideals, and he much preferred the popularity of the moment and its substantial rewards than any amount of posthumous glory...
There is at this moment one object of supreme interest to Harvard University fitted to be such a memorial of him, and one need, beyond all others, the supply of which would be a benefit to secure perpetual gratitude...
...express adequately our gratitude to him for his generosity and kindness in giving us this large field for athletic sports. Jarvis and Holmes and Norton are fast failing to answer the demands made upon them and Soldiers' Field could not have come to us at a more opportune moment. During the past year and a half the field has been filled in and carefully levelled and is now ready for the final arrangements for the various athletic sports. In the meantime the sum to pay for this was being collected from the graduates, and the amount collected from those...