Word: poems
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Holmes is catching it from the religious papers for his poem at the Harvard celebration. The Evangelist declares that...
...historic accuracy, the theological quality, the bad taste, the gross impertinence of such a poem as this, delivered in such circumstances, there can be but one opinion among considerate men; the affair belongs to that class of performances which has been wittily described as an indecent exposure of private opinions...
...current issue of the Atlantic Monthly which contains James Russell Lowell's oration and Dr. Holmes' poem has had a very large sale...
...America; James, The Princess Cassamassima; Corson, Introduction to Browning; Stockton, The Casting away of Mrs. Leeks and Mrs. Aleshine; Geo. C. Bush, Harvard; Baker, The Bad habits of Good Society; Whist Scores and Card Table Talk; Atlantic for December, 28 cents. Contains Lowell's Anniversary Oration and Holmes' poem...
President McCosh has written a letter to the newspapers in which he states his acceptance of the explanation given by Dr. Holmes, that only two lines of his poem relate to Princeton. "Dr. McCosh also acknowledges the favors shown by Harvard College," but maintains that he had the same "right to give expression to his feelings of indignation as Harvard had to withhold the recognition she gave to others...