Word: monumental
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...after and at his death left works which filled forty volumes. Of the two, Goethe was the more natural and worked on the inspiration of the moment; Schiller, a man who worked in art for art's sake. As to the relation that existed between these men, possibly the monument that is erected to their memory is the most complete. Goethe stands before. erect, proud, and stately; Schiller a little taller is looking out into the distance while Goethe holds in his hand a laurel crown which he seems to think no man has a better right than himself...
...greatest boons to listen to him recite episode after episode. The metre is easily mastered and therefore easily imitated; this quality has led to many editions by Brahmins who desired to express their own ideas, and has made of what must originally have been a most noble and grand monument of ancient literature, a mass of tedious episodes. Even though it has been increased and added to, it is still the greatest work in oriental literature...
...requisite money must be subscribed, and at once. The failure to obtain it would be a monument to the contemptible record of Ninety-two, by which the college is in danger of being once more disgraced...
...reference to the study of Homer, Professor Wright urged that the student approach him with the feeling that he is nearing a monument in literature; not to blend futile research into minor matters with the effort to appreciate the poem. This is not necessary. If the student will read the poems of Homer as a literature he will be brought into direct and vivid contact with the poet and will see and understand as by instinct...
...Cambridge Tribune is urging the completion of the soldiers' monument on Cambridge Common...