Word: stillness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...prelate was stripped, the whole body down to the knees was found to be encased in hair cloth. This cover was so fastened together as to admit of being readily taken off for his daily scourgings, of which the portion inflicted on the day previous to his death was still apparent in the stripes on his skin. These marvelous proofs of austerity were increased by the sight of innumerable vermin with which the haircloth abounded-boiling over with them, as Dean Stanley describes it, like water in a simmering caldron...
Although no definite action has as yet been taken by the management of Memorial Hall on the plan for the improvement of the board, which was proposed some time ago, still the scheme has been the subject of careful consideration and was referred to a committee, who have been making a thorough investigation. Every possible pressure has been brought to bear upon the steward, and increased care is used in the preparation of the food. One change, which was recommended by the CRIMSON, has already been made. The regular set bill of fare has been changed as far as possible...
...post in 1837. He was elected professor of botany in the new University of Michigan, but he declined the chair and accepted in 1842 the Fisher professorship of natural history at Harvard, where he remained until 1873, when he retired from the active duties of his office, though he still retained the charge of the herbarium. Dr. Gray's scientific work began at a time when the old artificial systems of botany were giving way to the natural system, and with Dr. Torrey, he was among the first to attempt the classification of species on the natural basis of affinity...
...Alvan G. Clark is still on Mount Hamilton, his work on the Lick telescope being delayed by the intensely cold weather...
...faculty concurred-had for its object the shortening of the college course by one year for students who should pursue their professional studies to the full limit in the Harvard schools. This proposal was discussed at the December meeting of the council in 1886, and the whole subject is still under advisement...