Word: servants
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...object is the welfare of his fellowmen. He believed that truth must be spoken at all hazards, and this work was written at the risk of offending the most powerful persons in Florence. Whether as poet or philosopher or prophet, Dante's one strong purpose always remained unchanged. No servant of men ever gave himself to their service with more devotion, or ever served them with more integrity than he did. It is the marvel in Dante's poetry that, intentionally writing for a moral purpose, his work never lost in beauty or art on that account...
...young girls. The first was captured when very little by gypsies and brought up by them as one of their own children. Hyacinthe is the daughter of Geronte. Octave is in love with Hyacinthe, and Leandre with Zerbinette. Scapin, the chief character in the play, is the servant of Leandre, and Sylvestre is the servant of Octave. Nerine is Hyacinthe's old nurse...
Johann, Richard's servant, G. W. Knoblauch...
...abiding opinions by its editorials. We are here not only to afford a running comment on university events, but we are ready and eager to give aid to all movements which promise increase for Harvard's welfare. We purpose to be, not so much the critic, as the servant of the University...
...kindly face and cordial manner and in the fairness and justice of all his dealings with men, the strength and warmth, the purity and sincerity of the highest type of manhood. By this death the students lose a kind friend and helper; the University, a devoted servant; the city, a faithful citizen; the world, a true man; and to all these the loss is irreparable...