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Modern Language Conference. The Origin of the Names of the English Alphabet. Professor Sheldon.-Diderols Influence on Goethe. Mr. C. H. Page.- David Mallet's Literary Forgeries. Mr. W. L. Phelps. Sever...
MODERN LANGUAGE CONFERENCE.The next meeting of the Conference will be held on Monday, December 15, at 7.30 p, m., in Sever 2. The following papers will be read: The Origin of the names of the English Alphabet. Professor Sheldon.- Diderot's Influence on Goethe. Mr. C. H. Page.- David Mallet's Literary Forgeries. Mr. W. L. Phelps.- these meetings are open to all members of the University Modern Literature and Philology...
MODERN LANGUAGE CONFERENCE.The next meeting of the Conference will be held on Monday, December 15, at 7.30 p. m., in Sever 2. The following papers will be read: The Origin of the Names of the English Alphabet. Professor Sheldon.- Diderot's Influence on Goethe. Mr. G. H. Page.- David Mallet's Literary Forgeries. Mr. W. L. Phelps.- These meetings are open to all members of the university interested in Modern Literature and Philology...
...first of the series of Historical Monographs is a discussion of "The Veto Power: Its Origin, Development and Function in the Government of the United States," by Mr. E. C. Mason, instructor in Political Economy. The monograph, the result of special research under the direction of Dr. Hart, opens with a sketch of the derivation of vetoes from the royal prerogative in England. It goes on to discuss vetoes in United States history, under the heads of vetoes affecting the form of government, the distribution of its powers, and their exercise. Each class is elaborately treated. The occasion of each...
Between 1815 and 1835 there was a great deepening of interest in the study of history. Darwin's great achievement was the spreading of the historical idea far beyond the limits of humanity. His "Origin of Species" (1859) was not the first exponent of the evolution but only one grand application of it; bringing to a focus tendencies of modern thought...