Word: respects
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Emerson, and the other of ideal of dreams, introduced by Rousseau and Chateaubriand and defined by Verlaine. The French symbolists or "decadents" belong to this latter class. They employ a very vague form of symbolism, endeavoring to make their verse musical, and paying little need to coherence. In this respect they are nearly akin to Wagner, the great symbolistic composer. The symbolists have trespassed against all rules of poetry, and for this reason are not recognized as good authors by the leading critics of the day. M. de Regnier is the only "decadent" who has really received recognition...
...taken of this, [feel sure that the suggestion has the approval of a large majority of those interested in the Union. That Harvard has not a swimming pool for the use of students, while Yale, Princeton, West Point, Pennsylvania and many other colleges are well provided for in this respect, is a state of affairs which is much to be regretted and, I think, to be remedied as soon as possible. Now that the opportunity is present, therefore, why not kill two birds with one stone, by giving the students a much-desired privilege, and by furnishing the Union with...
When the Colonial Club was first formed, great objection was made to its site on Quincy street as not a convenient one in any respect. It was claimed that the expanse of the College Yard separated it from Ward One and that it was only accessible by rail from other parts of the city. Even the Warren estate, now proposed for the Harvard Union, was urged as being more desirable, and an unavailing effort was made to buy it. Nevertheless the location has turned out to be a most desirable one; not only do the College professors and graduates...
...inspiration that one seemed filled with a new life after talking with him. He loved young men and boys, he loved Harvard, and loved to talk of any plan for Harvard's higher development. On the day of Phillips Brooks's funeral, all Harvard turned out to pay respect to his memory. He was appealed to as a friend and adviser by men and women in trouble from all parts of the country...
Furthermore I wish to deny that the offense was characterized by "slyness." Such expressions as "breach of faith." "forfeiture of self-respect," would have sounded strange indeed at the time. The imputation of a slinking attitude is one which I most decidedly recent...