Word: thoughts
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Towards the end, Mr. Stillman writes: "The handwriting begins to show age, - it is tro+++mutous, and the letters are writ large. Death only could extinguish the kindly thought, the fine sense of humor, the affectionate fidelity to the past and its ties; nothing had changed in him to the last. When last I saw him .... I could imagine that, he labored under his dispensations as a good ship in a storm. burying his head at times under a wave, but rising to it, shaking off the weight, and keeping...
...last Tennyson was progressive. His thought was more profound, and his diction more energetic. There is no need of a softening of criticism as we read his last volume. This little book of less than a thousand lines possesses more than a sentimental value. It shows to the full Tennyson's bread+++h, variety, suggestiveness, and purity of diction...
...buildings; but one need only recall the lasting impressions of the old world architecture to acknowledge its supremacy as an educator for what modern architecture may +++ with us. The site of the new building is a pleasing one, and there is much to be grateful for in the thought of its early erection...
...feeling at Princeton is one of confidence, and much stronger than it was after the game with the U. of P. eleven. On the other hand Yale is none the less confident, for judging from the game Princeton has been putting up so far this season it is thought that she cannot oppose them very strongly...
...thinking it not of sufficient popular interest. Yale appeared unwilling to change the subject, but said they would consider it later, and inform the Harvard union by Thursday. They also did not favor the proposal to have judges at the debate, who might decide upon the winner though Harvard thought such an arrangement would excite greater interest in the debate...