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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...lacking human passions, but in controlling them, except on those rare occasions when to have done so would have been more than human. One of the most wholesome things that an American can do is to read a good bit of Washington's correspondence during the Revolutionary War. Then he can appreciate the constancy and grandeur of the man in the midst of unparalleled difficulties. For him who has not the time or the opportunity to do this, the fifth chapter of "The Seven Ages of Washington" can be commended...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reviews of Owen Wister's Books | 12/18/1907 | See Source »

...tonight of representing here the Association of Harvard Alumni. Down in the harbor of New York there is a statue of 'Liberty enlightening the world,' a famous statue in the history of this country. But it was down Harvard, who through this University enlightened Liberty herself. In the Revolutionary War Harvard College was characterized as a 'hotbed of sedition.' and ever since that time it has been a leader in the life of this country...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NOTABLE DINNER LAST NIGHT | 11/27/1907 | See Source »

...extremely valuable in illustrating the life of the natives. The collection consists of spears, bows, arrows, shields, household and cooking utensils--many beautifully carved and painted--objects of dress and personal adornment in great variety, figure-heads of canoes, drums and other instruments used in the war dances, mats, and household gods and images...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Valuable Gift for Peabody Museum. | 11/18/1907 | See Source »

...Howells h.'67; "The Pulse of Asia," by E. Huntington '92; "The Golden Treasury of American Songs and Lyrics," by F. L. Knowles '96; "Ancient Athens," by H. C. Lea h.'90; "Sapho and Phaon," by P. W. MacKaye '97; "From Sail to Steam," "Some Neglected Aspects of War," by A. T. Mahan h.'95; "British State Telegraphy, and Public Ownership and the Telephone in Great Britain," by H. G. Meyer '92; "Elements of Psychology," by E. L. Thorndike '96; "Days Off," by H. Van Dyke h.'94; "A History of Architecture," by R. Sturgis '78; "The France of Today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Recent Publications by Graduates | 11/7/1907 | See Source »

...from Harvard though he did most of the work required for that degree. He received the Divinity School degree in 1836, and in 1840 was given an honorary A.M. During the year 1835-6 he was instructor in Greek in the University. In the years prior to the Civil War he was a leader in the Abolition movement and gained a wide reputation as a lecturer and writer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESENTATION OF TABLETS | 11/1/1907 | See Source »

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