Word: napoleonic
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...number of valuable folio volumes of engraved plates. There are also many works on numismatics, and others of interest in English and French literature. Mr. Ernest L. Gay at the same time added to the gift a number of volumes from his own library, consisting of books relating to Napoleon and of English poetical tracts of the eighteenth century...
...Harvard College," Lowell; W. A. Fotch '09, "Speech at the Unveiling of a Statue of Daniel Webster in Washington," Lodge; G. I. Lewis '08, "Peroration of Burke's Speech against Hastings"; C. A. Whipple '09, "On Webster's Speech in Reply to Hayne," March; T. C. O'Brien '09, "Napoleon the Little," Hugo; M. Allen '08, "Speech in the Senate, April 13, 1898," Foraker; O. L. M. H. Lyding '09, "The Subjugation of the Philippines," Hoar; D. Rosenblum '08, "Peroration of Speech on the Philippines, delivered in the Senate, May 22, 1902," Hoar...
Journalism is regarded by some people as extremely dangerous to the public weal, and by others as the corner-stone of literature. Napoleon said that he feared three newspapers more than 100,000 soldiers, and Wendell Phillips and others have expressed opinions that the newspaper is a tremendous factor in a country, because it is the mouth-piece of public sentiment...
...chief reason why the college man in politics has so often compromised with corruption when he started out to annihilate it, is that the college man has failed to see that the particular kind of intelligence that is needed in government is not intelligence about Rameses, Hobbs, Aristotle, Napoleon, H2O, spherical trig or English...
...Raymond '10 was the first to reply for the negative side. He said the Separation Act was unjustifiable because it suddenly and arbitrarily violated a solemn agreement made between Napoleon I and the Pope, without any reference to the present head of the Roman Church. The violation was not based upon any great popular demand, or on any pressing necessity caused by the interference of the Church with the functions of the State. The Separation Act was the result of more political scheming and Anti-Christian agitation. A. Horvitz '10 continued the argument to the effect that the specific provisions...