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...Pompey fell with a great crash and was executed by his treacherous freedman. Napoleon ate his heart out in solitude at St. Helenn. Charles I went to his death after a revolution. William II's career stopped as dramatically as any of these; why has he not suffered a similar fate? It may be that the fates are too busy to pursue a man his size. The lot of an arrogant country gentleman seems to fit him better than that of the most powerful monarch of his time...
...also a reputation as a playwright. Some of the works by which he has won wide recognition ares "Salt Water Ballads," "A Tarpaulin Muster," "Captain Margaret," "The Street of Today," and "The Daffodil Fields." Among his plays which have been produced are: "The Campden Wonder," "Man," and "Pompey the Great." At Yale, at the University of Pennsylvania, at Wellesley, and many other colleges, Mr. Masefield has been extended a warm welcome, and his lectures have been received with unusual appreciation. Apparently no effort is being made to bring him to Harvard. "If it is a question of funds," the Bulletin...
Poseidonius, who closely followed Polybius, is becoming more and more recognized as one of the great historians. He was a stole and a close friend of Pompey, with whom he travelled extensively. Besides being a historian, Poseidonius was a philosopher, a geographer, an astronomer, and a mathematician, and played an important part in the political life of his times...
This left Pompey and Clodius supreme in Rome. Street fights quickly broke out between their partisans; and Pompey, with the support of Milo, determined to recall Cicero. The great orator returned in triumph, and nominally regained his former influence; but from that time he was really the tool of the triumvirate. More riots now ensued, till at length, in 53 B.C., Clodius was killed by Milo. The latter was exiled and survived his enemy only four years...
...number contains several very good bits of verse. The light poem of Mr. Frothingham, '84, though somewhat long and careless, is perhaps the best of its kind. In a serious tone Mr. Lord's sonnet on the Grave of Pompey, and the stanzas of Rev. T. C. Pease, '75 called The Songless Singer are most noteworthy. Although the theme of the latter is by no means new, yet its smoothness of lines, and depth of feeling make it the best in the issue. Its fault is possibly lack of compactness...