Word: speake
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...visited Rome, and was introduced to that polyglot man who spoke in fifty-eight languages, and who, in that respect, has never been surpassed by any one - I mean of course, the Cardinal Mezzofanti. In order to puzzle the man who used to puzzle everybody, I began to speak to him in the language of Little Russia. 'What language is that?' he asked me in Italian. 'Little Russia,' I answered. 'Well, come to see me again in two weeks' he said. Two weeks passed and I presented myself to the cardinal, who for two hours spoke to me in Little...
...incentive is felt in not having the Yale game to look forward to. If we are to beat Yale next year, however, we must look to '89 for support; and any wretched playing like yesterday's will be severely criticised by the rest of the college. The freshmen speak highly of the manner in which they were entertained by their rivals before the game and afterward...
...galleries of the chapel were well filled this morning by people who appreciated the fact that Canon Farrar. would speak a few words to the students. Canon Farrar began by saying that, connected as he was with the two English Universities, the names and institutions of Yale and the other prominent American colleges were familiar to him; that England's scholars and England's divines followed the researches of ours. Standing before such a large body of young men, he felt compelled to say, as an English divine had said before, "I bid you aspire" Seek better things. There...
There is no need of speaking of the value of such a course to men intending to make of themselves professors. And, indeed, after what has been said, it is hardly necessary to speak of its value to that other class of graduates, the men of leisure. We have seen that a college teaches its students how to be humble and how to study. The added application to study, then, of a postgraduate course broadens very effectually a man's views and inculcates in him an aptitude for study and learning, of which his four years at college had given...
...this year will be held this evening. It will be the usual fall political debate. The attendance at the political debates of the Union in past years prove that they have been successful. The meetings of the Union are open to everyone, and anyone connected with the university can speak in the open debate. Attention is called to the new constitution published in this issue. All old members will be offered an opportunity to sign it at the meeting...