Word: sorrowful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...announcement of the death of Heywood M. Paul '88, last Tuesday in Edgewater, N. J., will be received with the most sincere sorrow by the large number of friends which he made among his fellow students during the four years he was in college. He was the son of Henry S. Paul of Philodelphia. He graduated from Harvard last June having completed a four year's course in chemistry. Since graduation he has been on an extensive tour through Europe. His death was due to nervous and brain troubles. On Tuesday evening he wandered away from the house and disappeared...
...most difficult role of the play was that of Electra, calling as it did throughout for expressions of extreme emotion; yet no part was taken with more appreciation of the demands. Her intense sorrow at the news of her brother's death and her outburst of passion against her mother were particularly happy...
Resolved. That it was with deep feelings of sadness and sorrow that the melancholy news of his death was received by his old associates...
...speaker said that our life with its great diversity of joy and sorrow, opens like the battle of the Syrians and Israelits among the hills and valleys of Samaria. We, like the Syrians, are too apt to disregard the influence of God on the average man of the valley, and we place our attention and admiration upon the fortunate ones who have reached the mountain summits of success. But God rules among the hills and valleys alike and it is only from the later stage of mediocrity that the advance of morality is reckoned...
...Triumph of Sorrow," contributed by Mr. Herrick, has a meaning so deeply hidden that we are not quite sure that we understand it. We feel rather than know the writer's thoughts. In spite of the obscurity, the piece is very well written...