Word: naming
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...statement recently appeared in New York and Philadelphia papers in which it was alleged that certain inducements had been extended to me by a prominent Harvard base ball official to enter the Harvard Law School and play on the Harvard base ball nine and football eleven. Though the name of Linn of the Harvard nine was not mentioned he has seen fit to deny that overtures were made by him. Under the existing circumstances, therefore, it seems desirable to state the existing hasis of the statement in the papers. Inducements of the character mentioned-a scholarship and pecuniary compensation...
...hordes of barbarians-the Gauls or Galatians-who had already overrun Italy and Greece, and were invited into Asia Minor by the king of Bithynia who hired them as mercenaries. These barbarians were first repulsed by At talus who confined them within the country to which they gave the name of Galatia. They did not cease to be troublesome, however, but continued to make attacks on Pergamon as late as 187 B. C. The attacks of the barbarians are important as the energy called forth to resist them had its effect on the art and sculpture of Pergamon...
...sufficient number of western men sign the book at Leavitt and Peirce's a considerable reduction will be made in the round trip tickets for the Christmas recess. Please sign your name and the place you wish to go. The book will be removed at one o'clock next Thursday...
JOHN B. EMBICK.If a sufficient number of western men sign the book at Leavitt and Peirce's a considerable reduction will be made in the round trip tickets for the Christmas recess. Please sign your name and the place you wish to go. The book will be removed at one o'clock next Thursday...
...27th verse of the first chapter of St. Mark's gospel: "What new doctrine is this?" It has been thought by a great many people that the doctrines of Christianity are new, but much that is noble is to be found in other religions. It is not a name, but a principle, that inspires people in religion. In certain respects Christianity may be considered a new doctrine, but in its fundamental principles, in its thought and feelings, it is as old as creation. The Christian moral life was more aspiring and fraternal than the other religions which flourished...