Word: stilling
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...spoken of in Genesis, although some regard the serpent in the Garden of Eden as a symbol of the devil. The first mention of Satan is made in Job, which, it is claimed, was written at the time of the captivity. In this book Satan is still an angel and has not yet become a tempter. The next mention of him is in Zechariah; and in Chronicles the idea of him is complete. The introduction of the idea of a devil made the grand ruler more exalted. After that all evil deeds were represented as the work of the devil...
...sale of the remaining tickets will be continued throughout the day at Thurston's. While all the best places are sold, many satisfactory seats may still...
...Banjo and Mandolin Clubs are not as far advanced as the Glee Club. In both clubs the final selection of men is still uncertain and the election of officers will not be held for a week or so. R. B. Flershem is acting leader of the Banjo Club, and J. de K. Towner the same for the Mandolin Club. Each club has learned three or four pieces...
Traces of this old spirit of opposition are still to be found, and some members of the Faculty are far slower than others to relinquish the idea of an authority that is absolute. But within the past seven or eight years a great change has taken place and the bond of sympathy between the instructors and the students has grown much stronger. This result has been brought about by several causes. The creation of a board of freshman advisers has had the effect of making the first year men feel that the members of the Faculty are capable...
...indeed can describe intelligently their own sufferings, but still fewer can describe those of others; this called for the genius of a Corneille or a Racine. This power of living, for the time being, the lives of others is peculiar to the highest development of English as well as French Drama...