Word: sorrowings
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...many, both here and abroad, are now in mourning. From those who knew him only by his wonderful achievements in the science which to us seems almost to have been his own, to those in humbler ranks who loved him only for himself, - all lament, as a personal sorrow, the death of Professor Agassiz. In other columns will be found a sketch of his life, intended more for future use than as a supply of any present need; an account of the funeral, the simplicity of which was in accordance with his wishes; and the resolutions adopted by the Undergraduates...
...respected citizens. Such is the regularity of our steamship communication with Europe that the formerly much-dreaded dangers of the sea are almost overlooked, till some such accident as the present warns us of the dreadful chance that still remains, after all human precautions are taken. We learn with sorrow that this calamity comes home to some of our number with a shock of almost stunning severity, and we feel constrained to express our heartfelt sympathy to them. Our feelings are drawn out in a peculiar manner to our fellow-students thus early deprived of those guardians and friends...
Through the storms of woe and sorrow...
...such a world of sorrow...
Before ending these memoranda, we feel impelled to express our sincere sorrow for the recent severe accident to Mr. Robert Sawyer, of '74, to whose untiring zeal the society owes so great a portion of its success...