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...Lowell Institute course of free lectures includes this year 12 lectures (in French) by Professor A. N. van Daell on "The Rise and Development of Prose Fiction in France." The reputation of the lecturer as an original thinker is too well known to need any words of commendation. The lectures are announced to take place on Fridays, at 8 p. m., beginning November 3, room 11, Rogers Building, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Tickets can be secured by applying at Secretary Tyler's office in the Rogers Building...
...article gives a short biographical sketch of Renan tracing step by step the development of his ideas and opinions, giving even the hasty reader a clear notion of who Renan was, what position he held in the hearts of his people, and making plain what a great and wonderful thinker he was. Renan was a rationalist, not a Christian, and though few of us can agree with him in his radical ideas, we must all acknowledge that his conception of the relations of all matters, spiritual and physical, and his views of life and duty are the product...
After a few years of teaching, he entered the Divinity School, and then accepted a charge in Portsmouth, where he remained for twenty-seven years. Here he laid the foundations of his reputation as thinker and writer. He was through out his life-time a prolific contributor to the magazines, and a frequent author of works upon religious topics. His writings combine the clear, vigorous, rich and suggestive style with the power of unprejudiced, critical, mature, and even sublime thought...
...rectorship of Christ Church will preach in Appleton Chapel tomorrow night. This is the first opportunity we have had to hear him speak to us as Harvard students, and we hope he may have a large attendance. Mr. King is a man of strong personality, a clear thinker and an able speaker. He has in many ways shown a lively interest in Harvard and a desire to become better acquainted with the men here, in order that his influence may be broader and more effective. If he is but given a fair chance to appeal to a large number...
...condemn luxury and comfort in a sweeping way he thought senseless and characteristic only of a very shallow thinker. Certainly all the luxury with which Harvard's sons had been lavished, did not abate one whit the patriotic ardor they showed in the late war. When a test came, Harvard men were revealed, not shorn of their manliness, but armed with full strength and vigor...