Word: readings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...decipherment of the Babylonian books. He said that had Babylonian writings not been found accompanied by parallel translations in some simpler language, they could perhaps never have been deciphered. Such translations were furnished by the records of the Achaemenian kings of Persia. The first problem was therefore to read the old Persian after which the reading of the Babylonian was sure to follow. Inscriptions from Persepolis furnished the material. After the unsuccessful attempts of various scholars, Georg Friederich Grotefend, of Hanover, in 1802, found the key, by applying a formula of the old Pehlevi inscriptions to the shorter cuneiform inscriptions...
...rooms of the members. It is hoped, however, that permanent rooms may be secured before long. There will be a large number of scientific magazines and papers taken, and it is almost absolutely necessary that rooms should be obtained in which to keep them. An essay will probably be read at every meeting, and occasionally other entertainment will be provided...
...Brooks was the preacher of the afternoon. He read a portion of the twenty-fifth chapter of Matthew. He spoke of the simplicity with which the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem is here described, and said that in that very simple city there are many lessons for us. He dwelt particularly upon the second verse of the chapter. It illustrated the need of the greatest things of this world for the least, of the highest for the lowest. The most insignificant things become essential when there is a demand for them. So in life, there is a place...
...large number of members attended the meeting of the St. Paul's Society in 17 Grays last evening. The Rev. Roland Alton Smith, assistant at Trinity Church, Boston, read a short service and the second chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to the Corinthians. He said a few words about the life and work of St. Paul, and showed how members of the society ought to follow St. Paul's example. All men who call themselves Christians ought to live up to their profession, and by their example and conduct influence other men for good...
Last evening, Mr. J. H. Ropes discussed the political and legal career of Sir Francis Bacon, with special reference to his relations with Queen Elizabeth, Essex, Buckingham and Burleigh. In the course of his remarks he read largely from Spedding; the different biographies of Bacon as a politician and judicial official were also carefully compared. The subject proved a fruitful one for investigation, and the club did not adjourn until a late hour...