Word: perfectible
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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Thoughts that are heralds of the perfect...
Resolved, That, in our grief for the death of Louis John Rudolph Agassiz, while we leave to others the praise of what he has done we find our best consolation in the dignity and purity of his character, in the perfect unselfishness of his life, and in the simple faith and piety which kept pace with his knowledge and sanctified it for a noble use; that to us the lesson of his life is of especial value, as showing one of the brightest examples of courage and patience in the pursuit of truth, and an uncompromising devotion to that which...
...short and simple service, the body was carried to Mount Auburn, where a burial service was read by Dr. Peabody. The number of people in the Chapel was very great; but, owing to the good arrangements of the Committee, there was no crowding or confusion, and the perfect silence of the large assembly was a good evidence of its grief for the death of Agassiz, and its earnest wish to pay him the last sad honors...
...clock to-morrow forenoon, and every following Saturday, the officers and instructors of the Museum meet to discuss the previous week's work and to perfect plans by which each department may know what the others are doing, thus enabling all to work more intelligently...
...paper, but as a convenient and true exponent of the opinions of the whole College - to inform them when they are trespassing on private property; and they must perceive, we think, that when we do so our opinion should be respected, because in such cases we have perfect grounds for decision, where they can have none at all; unless, indeed, their Editors should be graduates of Harvard, who would at once understand why we take the position we do, and the propriety of it. We hope that this subject will need no further mention, and that, henceforth, secrets of importance...