Word: napoleonic
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...third baptism of blood, while struggling towards its constant goal in spite of the hostility of a whole continent, shows a heroic firmness. It is a remarkable fact that all the French governments of the past century have proclaimed their acceptance of the principles of the Revolution. The first Napoleon, though at heart opposed to the liberty of the people, found himself unable to withstand the current of events, and even claimed for himself many of the great reforms which the impulse of freedom produced. Even when the old dynasty returned in 1815 and attempted to sweep away...
...Haynes, '89, read the Bowdoin Prize Dissertation on "The Prospect of a Constitutional Government in Germany," before an audience interested in the subject, last night in Sever 5. He said that the first step towards a constitution was taken after the fall of Napoleon, when the confederation of the German states was formed. Up to 1848, however, there was virtually no constitution, as the bodies empowered to form one did not do so. The revolutions in all the other states in 1848 caused the monarchs of these states to yield, and a parliament representing the people was formed. In this...
...first evening will embrace the lecturer's reminiscences of the great Paris Revolutions of February and June, 1848, followed by a picturesque delineation of the adveturous career of Prince Louis Napoleon, from his birth to the Imperial throne, with pen sketches interwoven of others of the Bonaparte family, and a glance at the present political situation in France...
...following re-appointments for the ensuing year were also confirmed: Edward Napoleon Kirby, instructor in elocution at the Divinity School; Samuel Holmes Durgin, M. D., lecturer on hygiene; Francis Augustine Harris, M. D., demonstrator of legal medical examinations; Herbert Leslie Burrell, M. D., demonstrator of bandaging and apparatus; Harold Clarence Ernst, M. D., demonstrator of terology; Otis Kimball Newall, M. D., assistant demonstrator of anatomy; Morris Hickey Morgan, Ph. D., instructor in Greek; Edward Lee Conant, A. B., instructor in forensics; John Joseph Hayes, instructor in elocution; Eugene Howard Babbett, A. B., instructor in German; Frederick Cesar Sumichrast, instructor...
...gave as a closing lecture in French 11 an informal account of a portion of his experiences during the Franco-Prussian war, 1870, when, as a member of the Garde Mobile he assisted in the defence of Paris. In the early part of the war, under the government of Napoleon III, all military operations were marked by an incredible amount of carelessness and ignorance among those in authority. Army officers were appointed who knew nothing of military operations, and were far surpassed in knowledge, capacity, and even intelligence by many of the privates; the movement of parts of the army...