Word: trevelyan
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...head, and not to his heart, that he wishes to take them; and he only cares to keep them there till they have served their purpose at the next examination. How different was the way in which Macaulay and his sister read! ' When they were discoursing together,' says Mr. Trevelyan, 'about a work of history or biography, a by-stander would have supposed that they had lived in the times of which the author treated, and had a personal acquaintance with every human being who was mentioned in his pages...
Lately Sir Stafford Northcote was elected Lord Rector of the University of Edinburgh, over Mr. Otto C. Trevelyan, the author of the Life of Macaulay, and Professor Blackie. This choice of the students is much condemned, as Sir S. Northcote has shown no proofs, during his long career, of striking intellectual power...
...extraordinary bill to repress crime was yesterday introduced in the House of Commons. The funeral of Lord Cavendish took place yesterday, attended by a large crowd of notables, including Gladstone. Further attempts are being made to discover the assassins, and several arrests have been made on suspicion. Mr. Trevelyan, the new chief secretary, has arrived in Dublin...
...Trevelyan will succeed Lord Cavendish...