Word: periodic
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...above, in which an athletic man, not then a member of any team, borrowed a sum of money for college expenses from a fellow-student. There were, further, a few cases in which the full board of members of teams have been paid at training tables, during the period of training. This practice, however, has been stopped by the managers of the teams...
...afternoon in Sever 11, when Professor von Jagemann spoke about the Romantic school and the beginning of Germanic Philology. The lecturer said in brief that the Romantic movement which affected German literature in the beginning of this century was a reaction against the classicism and rationalism of the preceding period. Instead of addressing themselves only to the cold understanding of their readers, the writers of the Romantic school appealed to the imagination, the faith, and the superstition of the people. Instead of a onesided worship of Latin and Greek literature they proclaimed the universality of literature in all ages...
...also subjects of study. The princes of Pergamon adorned their capital in a sumptuous manner. This was especially the case with Eumenes whose reign ended in 157 B. C. The principal sculptural works date from his time. Pergamon continued to be the principal city of Asia Minor during the period of the Roman Empire...
...altar in which sacrifices were made. Views were also shown of the sculptures on the friezes of the different buildings, which are valuable as giving an idea of the implements of warfare used at that time. The sculpture of Pergamon lacks the grace and beauty which marks the higher period of Greek art. It is too huge and cumbersome, but displays energy and unbounded fire...
...said: In that period between the dynastic conquest and popular revolt in Germany, the lives of both Goethe and Schiller are principally laid, the one a patrician and of high rank, the other a plebian of poor parents. Goethe was born at Frankfort on the Main, August 28, 1749. His father was not very rich and had a meagre education which he gained mostly from travel; his mother was quite different, for she was a woman of broad intellect and a kind heart, and seemed to the young poet more like a companion than a mother. When only ten years...