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Dates: during 1870-1879
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There those grand old trees have stood for nearly a century and a half! Through the years which witnessed the struggle for emancipation from the tyranny of the mother country, the war of 1812, and, lastly, the great fight for the equal rights of the whole human race, the elms by the Granary Burying-Ground have continued to increase in beauty and strength, until they have come to be to many of us a much-loved memorial of our forefathers and their times; and in their gnarled trunks, as in the furrows of an aged warrior's face, we seem...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE GRANARY ELMS. | 2/27/1874 | See Source »

...Hall, on the ground of its being a profanation of the, to a certain extent, sacred character of the Hall. But, in answer to this, let us consider the true purpose of the building. It was to perpetuate the memory of the sons of Harvard who perished in the war; but are they more honored in building a grand but useless pile, than in making their monument of some real benefit to the College? It were better to build a handsome granite shaft to their memory, and then expend the rest in founding scholarships, than to sink the whole fund...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/13/1874 | See Source »

...glories in kindling strife and war...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AHASUERUS. | 1/16/1874 | See Source »

Every old system was accordingly overthrown, and that of education among the rest. In the midst of the thunders of war the Convention did not forget that the first requisite for the foundation of a good republic was to raise up good citizens. It is not my purpose to criticise here the different schemes of education which were elaborated at this memorable epoch...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE UNIVERSITY OF FRANCE. | 12/19/1873 | See Source »

...strife arose between us, and in war I led my tribe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AN INDIAN SUMMER'S DREAM. | 11/21/1873 | See Source »

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