Word: realing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...rather formal and unfruitful, though his occasional lectures were rich with suggestions for those who could profit by them. His early life, before he came to this country to be-come in an almost accidental way a teacher of the teachers in Greek learning, was shrouded in a mystery, real or apparent, which he always refused to dispel. Born near Mount Pelion and educated in the Mount Sinai Monastery, he, for some unexplained reason, came to this country when a young man, and after a period of study drifted into teaching, and became finally one of the most distinguished members...
...lofty place. Since then, nothing that could be said has been too extravagant to be uttered in his eulosy. But we believe that all this commotion and fear has been excited by a false impression of Mr. Arnold's criticism. Instead of taking away anything from Emerson's real rank, it has really but defined it the more clearly, and placed him in the light in which posterity must view him. If, instead of carping at Mr. Arnold's frank and fair criticism, our people would only put away their own ideas and take Emerson as he actually...
...subject in question. This, however, is all we can say in its favor, and on reviewing the question we seriously think that hour examinations ought never to be held except under the most urgent circumstances. At best they are but a galling burden to the students, and the real advantage gained by them is insignificant...
...hand ; the probability that the game could not be played even if active training were begun at once on account of the lateness of the season, and the fact that the Harvard eleven has been out of training and without practice for a week. If there was any real desire to play, why did not Yale so express herself on the evening of the day that the game was played, and not wait nearly a week before sending the challenge? It is contrary to precedent as well. Only last year there was a tie, but no one heard...
...Clipper says that the recent action of the Harvard Committee in first prohibiting the contest and then permitting it under changed rules repressive of vicious "slugging," unfair "tackling," etc., advertised it, and was the real cause of the enormous crowd which witnessed the Yale game on Thanksgiving...