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...Jellinek said that to understand Burke we must take into account the circumstances that surrounded him. He never forgot his native country, and his speeches on Irish questions form the most valuable of his works. Burke was conservative and a utilitarian, always calm and just in his opinions and his actions. He wished to place Ireland on an equal commercial footing with England, and endeavored to show that Ireland's prosperity would be England's prosperity. When he entered on his political career, Ireland was regarded merely as a colony to be governed solely for the advantages of England...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bowdoin Prize Dissertation. | 2/20/1889 | See Source »

...have presented themselves as candidates are: Reisner, Naumburg, Vorse, Holliday, Bunker, Hall ('91), Hudson, Rust, Brewster, Haskell, Jones, Dunham, Loring (2), Leland, Seeley, Spencer, Young, Morton ('91), Hall ('92), Stetson, Morton ('90), White, Allen, Hale, Blaney, Whittemore, Pinkham, Dodge, Horn and Tudor. The majority of these men have never handled a lacrosse stick before, so that it is an almost impossible task to say whether the prospects of the team are good or bad. With the completion of the new athletic grounds back of Divinity, the lacrosse team will no longer be hampered by utterly inadequate practice-grounds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Lacrosse Team. | 2/19/1889 | See Source »

...consecrated to the various divinities and the Acropolis became the centre of religious matters at Athens. Powerful and rich Athenians took pride in beautifying it, and works of art began to adorn the walls and the temples. The Persians in 480 B. C., destroyed the Acropolis and it has never been entirely rebuilt. The Byzantine emperors, during the sixth period. carried off many of the works of art to Constantinople. In 1456 the Turks took Athens and built mosques upon the Acropolis, but recent explorers have destroyed these Turkish shrines and have restored the ruins to their early state...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Acropolis of Athens. | 2/16/1889 | See Source »

...Yale has won the victories. But just because of this, there is every reason why rowing men should make greater efforts, and why the college should all the more heartily give them its support. The crew has done its part, has gone to work with a zeal and determination never shown before, but there is a disposition among some inconsiderate men, who think it their part to stand aloof and sneer at the earnest but unsuccessful efforts in the past, to refuse the money which is absolutely necessary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/15/1889 | See Source »

...must be filled by men whose experience in baseball has been limited to practice with class nines. It is easy to see that the outlook for the championship next spring is by no means rosy-hued, but the conditions under which the candidates will be able to work have never been better. In the first place we have a professional coach, and secondly, the nine will play some games with professional clubs. These advantages will tend to offset the loss of so many members of last year's team, and what with conscientious work on the part of those...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/6/1889 | See Source »

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