Word: representation
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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The committee beg every man in eighty-five to remember that the officers elected, however contrary to his own wishes will represent the desire of the majority of the class ; and that therefore it is only gentlemanly to acquiesce in the result of the elections with the best possible grace...
In conclusion. the committee beg every man in Eighty-Five to remember that the officers elected, however contrary to his own wishes, will represent the desire of the majority of the class ; and that therefore, it is only gentlemanly to acquiesce in the result of the elections with the best...
Altogether, the record of the club for its initial year is one of which its founders need by no means feel ashamed, and the prospects for the coming year warrant us in the belief that good work will be done, both individual and team, before the targets and at the...
...There is no portrait or description of John Harvard known to be in existence, but the present statue, the exquisite model in bronze, is an ideal image. But let it be understood that the statue, only by influencing the mind, eye and thoughts serves to call up an ideal representation of the man. It is indeed true that an ideal model is a fit one to take the place of the unattainable statue or portrait ; to flatter is not always to falsify. Besides the Latin "simulacha" does not always distinguish between real and ideal, true and false images. Were...
The writer of the other letter declares the invitation to be 'remarkable,' "most preposterous," an "utter absurdity," "unreasonable." This is vigorous language, and hardly justified by what is said in proof. A class, he says, is a unit; it is impossible that there are not many who are in favor...