Word: nationalities
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Arthur Gilman has a letter in the Nation explaining the position of the Harvard Annex...
From about 700 B. C., the Jewish nation has been very largely subjected to foreign control and naturally has been considerably influenced by the ideas of the people with whom it came in contact. This captivity was thought necessary by many of the prophets as a punishment to the Jews for their sins, but throughout all the writings of these prophets, the national existence is guaranteed, as well as increasing vigor in all the real elements of life for ever and ever...
...Testament sets forth this idea that God is to be propitiated by the suffering of the nation or of a part...
...Letters and Life." In the former volume was the poem "My Country" which Professor Paine used as the text for his cantata, rendered in 1888 at the great Cincinnati musical festival. Mr. Woodberry formerly contributed to the Atlantic and now writes frequently for the literary department of the Nation. He lives in Boston, spending his summers at his old home at Beverly...
...Mugwump politics offer the only opportunity for men of independent judgment to influence politics. Saturday Review LVIII, 658; Nation XLVII, 4; Andover Review I, 659. a. It prevents abstention. b. It gives a balance of power; Forum IX, 434. c. Compels better nominations from both parties, and thus helps to purify politics; Nation XX, 308; XLIV...