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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Best general references: James Bryce in No. Am. Rev., v. 153, p. 641 (Dec., 1891) for general aspects of question and conditions of south; Thomas N. Page in same, v. 154, p. 401 (March, '92) on present state of negro; for progress of negro see Dawson in same (Feb., 97), v. 164, p. 191; for meaning of negro supremacy, Wade Hampton in Forum V, p. 383, June, '88; Public Opinion, VIII, 551, IX, 240, 263, 286; N. Y. Evening Post, July 21, 1890; B. T. Washington's speech at Atlanta Exposition, 1895, in Public Opinion...
...judgment which might seem to some almost obstinacy, he had no pride of opinion whatever, and no one could be more tolerant of others' views, or more ready to receive suggestions and evidence. Knowing well the nature of all investigation, his views were always in a plastic state. Whatever conclusions he reached were only working hypotheses to be altered by the next discovery. He had also an infinite patience with even the errors of those who wished to learn, and great acumen in discovering the exact misconception that caused the error. His style of exposition was con cise and clear...
...have undertaken service for the Associated Charities of Boston, the Home Libraries of the Boston Children's Aid Society, the Society for Home Savings, the North End Union, the Italian Mission, the Parker Memorial, the Newsboys' Reading Room and Boys' Club, the Boston Truant School, and the State Reform School for Boys...
...fifth and last lecture of the series under the auspices of the Department of French will be given by Professor F. Bocher this evening in the Fogg Lecture Room at eight o'clock. The subject is: "The state of the French stage at the time of Moliere's return to Paris...
Negative.Best general references: Bryce's American Commonwealth, Vol. 1, 683, II, 695; W. Wilson's The State, 392, 393; Lowell's Essays on Government, Chap. I; Illustrated American, XXI, 744-46; Fortnightly Review, LXVII...