Word: subjects
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...cause as much loss in the wealth of a nation as a national war. It is the inevitable tendency of gold and silver to increase in value notwithstanding the immense quantities added every year from the mines and the substitution of credit systems for money. The metals are subject to the law of diminishing returns, while all other commodities are free from this law, or at least not nearly so much under its influence as gold and silver. The commercial world must be forced from the damaging fluctuations in prices. This can be done only by securing a perfect steadiness...
Sophomore Theme 8 is due to day at 4 o'clock. Subject: "A Literary Criticism...
Semitie Seminary. Reader: Mr. E. E. Atkinson. Subject, "Assyrian Gems and Seals." 7 Lowe l street...
...deliver three lectures on Greek vase paintings. These lectures will be held on Thursday, the 23rd, Friday, the 24th of February, and Friday, the 2d of March, in Boylston Hall. The lectures will be copiously illustrated with the stereopticon, and promise to be of very great interest. The subject will be treated in a manner that will appeal very strongly to a cultivated audience, as the lecturer will treat of the Greek vase paintings in their relation to the Homeric poems and the later epics. The literary side and the artistic side of the subject will be treated hand...
Theme IX. will be due on March 13. Subject: An Exposition...