Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...unblessed by thee, his pensive spirit grieves...
...constant eye-sore, as it seriously obstructs their view. To those rooming in Weld and Matthews it is a blot on the beauty of the landscape. It is the one defect in the general comeliness of the Yard. Therefore with all due reverence for the conservative spirit of our University, I would suggest that while the footsteps of reform are seen pressed lightly in our College paths, they may be directed for a moment towards this object; and that the objectionable tree may be removed...
...which bear the names of Harvard's sons who fell in that bloody warfare for liberty and righteousness; they were placed there because Harvard justly desired to do her heroes the honor, however slight, of transmitting the memory of their heroism to future generations. Has she shown the proper spirit on the day when of all others some fitting token should be placed upon these tablets? Has she no time to pause a moment to offer up a few flowers at the shrine of their martyrdom, a few brief words of consecration within those hallowed walls...
...whole, the music improves on acquaintance, and, if it sometimes seems lacking in the inherent vitality which characterizes the creations of the greatest masters, we may nevertheless pride ourselves that a Harvard professor has so perfectly embodied the spirit of ancient tragedy, and we may without hesitation assign to these compositions a high place among the productions of a composer of acknowledged merit...
...music was remarkably well rendered. Mr. Osgood sang his solo with great spirit, but his voice was scarcely equal to the part. We cannot venture on a criticism of the composition, but we must mention the exquisite theme which appears at the end of the second chorus and elsewhere, and is indeed the gem of the opera. It shows the same sympathetic spirit which animates the slow movement of Mr. Paine's First Symphony, though the latter has more of voluptuous tranquillity and less of tear-starting pain. Let those who did not appreciate the passage pronounce this expression fantastic...