Word: nevers
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...large audience. Mr. Copeland spoke on Boswell's Life of Johnson. In the long line of literature, Swift, Johnson and Carlyle stand out pre-eminently for their personalities; and Johnson's place in this list is due chiefly to the very excellent picture Boswell has given of him. Macaulay never admired Boswell, claiming that he was simply a good reporter, but he was far more more than that, and his life of Johnson is surely the best biography ever written in English, probably the best ever written in any language. It seems rather remarkable in the face of this very...
With regard to what is called an American Henley, I note that various opinions and declarations have been attributed to me, all more or less incorrectly. One of this morning's Boston papers quotes me as having made certain remarks on this point. I never made them. Indeed I have not been interviewed with reference to this subject since I landed, early in November...
...play did not win the admiration it deserved, "Athalie," in fact was far ahead of its time, it was written for posterity. The protagonist never appears. The real hero is never seen, for that hero is Jehovah the God of the Hebrews working through the agency of the High Priest...
...Last night's debate was a fair contest, and resulted in a fair but close victory for Yale. Taken simply as a debate, it was the best ever held in the Yale-Harvard series. It was direct all the way through, it never hung on the wording of the question, and it was not marred by any slip of either side. Another characteristic was the intense interest aroused by every speaker and maintained throughout the debate by the exact knowledge of the subject shown on both teams, the perfect form of presentation of Harvard, and the convincing earnestness of Yale...
...accident of phrase has really occasioned such a misapprehension at Yale, the CRIMSON and all Harvard men regret it sincerely, for never in the history of their intercourse has Harvard felt more kindly disposed toward her old rivals than at this time of reconciliation. Her attitude toward her own team is something which it is unreasonable for any outsider to question, but that it implies any criticism of her opponents, or disparages in any way the splendid record of the Yale team, is far from the truth. Harvard has not in the past been slow to admire manly qualities...