Word: till
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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II.Poetry in Homely Lines.I have known people who had to go to Europe to see a sunset, who could never find out how beautiful snow was till they saw it on the Alps. The familiar miracles of nature at home were too cheap, and there could be nothing wonderful in what they had only to look out of their back-windows to see. It seems incredible to them that God should come down in all his pomp and glory upon the hills that clasp the homely landscape of their native village,- that he should work his wonders with the paltry...
...Tennis Association has arranged to have thirty dirt courts on Jarvis Field, fifteen of which will probably be ready by May 12. The others will not be finished till the fall. As yet no arrangements have been made for a spring tournament, but undoubtedly one will be held...
...divers impressions, the issue of as many moods. It was the many-sidedness of Goethe's culture that made him so sane and sure a judge. Ruskin has been accused of inconsistency only because he has made us partakers of his separate processes of study instead of waiting till he could give us the precipitate of assured wisdom which would deposit itself from the combination of all. Perhaps a certain amount of such inconsistency is inevitable in a mind like his. He is the Demosthenes of criticism, who always has a client to defend or a criminal to attack...
...carry out some plan for accommodating a large number of men next year, that the Corporation should make some distinct pledge as to a new dining hall. The general table system was introduced at the request of the Corporation, being represented as a purely temporary matter-to continue only till the new hall was built. The pressure at Memorial has increased, the Corporation ask for still greater accommodations, but the new dining hall is as far off as ever, and the Corporation even say that there is no chance for one at present...
...number of subscriptions than one would naturally think. Many men who have not been able to give much have given what they could to show their interest in the Fund. No contribution is too small to be of service. The Fund will not be handed to the University authorities till June and subscriptions of any amount will be welcome at any time...