Word: suggest
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...charm which these complete units of musical texture called periods or phrases may possess, is one of the most remarkable facts of music. Analogies from other departments of art suggest that their unity itself may be a secret of their beauty; a melody or a complete harmonic sequence impresses us as a growth from a germ of musical form...
...integral class this does not occur except when very high overtones are present. They are absent in flute notes, those of the piano and sweet voices; their presence gives their sharp quality to string and reed instruments and their crashing timbre to instruments of brass. The next lecture will suggest that some supplementary considerations are needed fully to explain the aesthetic differences in notes...
...enthusiastic interest in rowing can only be revived by some unusual display of energy on the part of the rowing men. We want to see these men go to work with a will, get out a great number of candidates and do everything which brains and muscle can suggest, always bearing in mind the motto which the Eleven so well understood, "It's to beat Yale...
...there is any man here who has never been in the present reading room to know for himself its inconveniences-we would suggest that he pay it a visit before he takes his vacation. If the lack of ventilation, the poor light, the crowded tables, the early closing, and the general inadequacies of the place do not rouse him to doing what he can for speedy change, Harvard has yet to awaken in him the first impulses of public spirit...
...ordinary lecturer nor yet a man who will attract people merely on account of his remarkable personality. He has more than all a vast amount of new learning to add to the wealth of the world; this being so, it has seemed not out of place for us to suggest that Harvard invite the noted traveller to deliver his lecture under the auspices of the University in Cambridge, so that we, as students, may hear the lessons he teaches. It is no small honor for any man to be asked to speak before the students of the great American University...