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...then in the Greek Archipelago." Now, Wallace was in the Malay Archipelago, and, as I shall show, Darwin was not beginning to develop his theory, but had matured it already some years back. In 1837, Darwin sketched out a MS., which he copied in 1844, when the copy was read by Dr. Hooker, who communicated it to Sir Charles Lyell. In this MS. he treated of "The Variation of Organic Beings under Domestication and in Their Natural State;" "On the Variation of Organic Beings in a State of Nature;" "On the Natural Means of Selection;" and "The Comparison of Domestic...
During President Davies' administration in Princeton is was customary to appoint one of the students to read a portion of the scriptures at morning prayers. - Princetonian...
...many past and present editors who attended. Wit flowed faster than champagne, and was twice as sparkling. The officers of the evening were: President, W. T. Talbot; toast-master, F. E. E. Hamilton; chorister, H. G. Perkins; poet, H. S. Sanford; orator, Wm. Barnes, Jr. Papers were read by W. G. Chase, '82, H. M. Williams, '85, M. C. Hobbes, '85, J. A. Frye, '86. Speeches were made by F. A. Mason, '84, W. S. Thayer, '85. Letters were read from C. E. L. Wingate, '83, F. I. Carpenter, '85. Each member of the present board responded to toasts...
Harvard men will be astonished to learn from the Chicago Herald that the song, "Fair Harvard," was written by the poet Whittier, and first read at the late Harvard jubilee...
Themes will be read and discussed before the class on Tuesday, March 8, at 2 o'clock, in Sever...