Word: monumentals
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Harrington, C P, Jr., 23 Monument Sq., Charlestown...
...stirred in these days by men who fill the public imagination. The watchwords of the Republic are the same as those of the Revolution, "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"; and any disagreement with these principles is hailed as treason. A popular uproar arose at the proposition to erect a monument to Taine, who through his stimulating and ultimately creative power was one of the greatest minds of his time, and added widely to the literary reputation of France. People believed that his principles, if carried out, would undo the Revolution. He was in their eyes criminally neglectful of the rights...
...required to spend at least one year in travel and study in Europe under the general direction of the Professor of Architecture. He will also be required to submit monthly reports of his progress and to send at the end of each half-year a measured drawing of some monument of architecture approved by the Department. He will also be required to make during his stay in Europe a special study of a single building or group of buildings, and on his return must present a written essay illustrated by drawings embodying the results of this study...
Negotiations with the Swiss Government have resulted in the definite promise of a full-size reproduction of one of the most remarkable works of medieval Swiss sculpture: the great fourteenth century sepulchral monument of La Sarraz. Negotiations with other governments are now pending...
Beneath the monument to President James Walker '14, which was placed in the porch of Appleton Chapel last summer, there has recently been placed a bronze tablet bearing the following inscription by the congregation who gave the monument: "Given to Harvard College by the Harvard Church in Charlestown on Its Dissolution...