Word: talking
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...when the speaker, Hon. John E. Russell, stepped upon the platform, he was greeted with long and enthusiastic applause. Had the committee discussed the subject with me, said Mr. Russell, I should perhaps have changed it slightly. By America we now understand this grand federation of republics. Our talk of politics is everlastingly of the government. In reality we are governed by States. From the day of our birth through the whole course of life, the American is ruled by state laws. His schooling, marriage and divorce, are governed by the laws of the state...
After his talk Mr. Russell devoted some time to answering a number of questions which were asked. He was frequently interrupted by prolonged applause, and at the close of the conference, the audience showed great enthusiasm...
Sever 11 was crowded to its utmost capacity last evening when Prof. Francis J. Child introduced Mr. E. Charlton Black, late of the University of Edinburgh. The subject for discussion was: "Shakspere; the Man." Recent talk about Shakspere, -Mr. Black began, has lead me to go over again the slender story of his life. He was a poet, an artist and a dramatist; the author of some forty works. Mr. Ruskin in his second Lecture on Art at Oxford said: "The highest thing that Art can do is to set before us the figure of a man." It is very...
...TRAFFORD.DEUTSCHER VEREIN. - Important meeting this evening at 8. Professor Schilling will talk on German Universities...
...large number attended the vesper service yesterday afternoon. The preacher, Rev. Henry Van Dyke, chose for the subject of his talk the story of the man possessed of devils. He said: Jesus cared not what became of the devils; He made the man whole and sent him home. This is simply a parable of Christ's whole work on earth, a work of restoration. This work of restoration should serve as three tests for us; (1) As the test of the true type of religion. True Christianity is humane, social and friendly, and the true church is the church most...