Word: talking
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Appleton Chapel last night Professor Henry Drummond, of Glasgow, said that he wished to talk (primarily) to the "outsider" to the man who had not learned to throw in his lot with his fellow...
...Talk to Students. Professor Henry Drummond. Boylston Hall...
...Talk to Students. Professor Henry Drummond. Boylston Hall...
Cowper was not inventive in the way of choosing subjects for his own works. His friends always suggested them, as was the way with Fontaine, who required a guide to direct his course. In 1782 appeared his Table Talk, which attracted some attention. His Moral Satires, although they have little of satire about them, are remarkable for the exact correspondence of phrase and meaning. In them his zeal often carries him higher than in any other of his works...
Prof. Briggs gave an interesting talk before the Christian Association last evening on daily duty at Harvard. We do not harmonize here in our daily life as much as might be expected among college men. This is due, to a certain extent, to the elective system, a system good in itself, but abused by many men. We have no right to squander our four years away on courses that we take no interest in. The college man has more vacation than any other class, yet he idles away his time in doing fifty things besides his appointed tasks; a slight...