Word: origin
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...origin of the belief in immortality is thought to have come from the savage, who from his dreams conceived a continued existence after life. If he saw a friend or an enemy in a dream, he thought he had indeed seen them both; if he went to a place in a dream, he thought he had been to that place...
...first volume will be issued some time this month and will contain about two hundred pages. The contents of the first number will be as follows: The Fauces of the Roman House, by James B. Greenough. De Ignis Eliciendi Modus apvd Antiqvos, scripsit Morris H. Morgan. On the Origin of the Construction of me with the Subjunctive and the Future Indicative, by William W. Goodwin. On some disputed Points in the Construction of edei, chren, etc., with the Infinitive, by William W. Goodwin. Notes on Quintilian, by George M. Lane. Some Latin Etymologies, by James B. Greenough. On Egregium Publicum...
Semitic Seminary. The origin and interpretation of myths. Professor Toy. Sever...
...MONDAY.Semitic Seminary. The origin and interpretation of myths. Professor Toy. Sever...
...bowing of the Yale seniors as the president makes his exit from the chapel after the morning service is one of those customs peculiar to college men, and one whose origin is a matter of mere conjecture. The Yale News says of the custom: "It is believed to have been introduced at the time the college was founded, and to have been taken from a practice common at that time in New England churches for the congregation at the close of the service to rise and bow as the parson passed down the aisle. This practice of our Puritan ancestors...