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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...storm-center of many great struggles in history, struggles in which she has been overwhelmed and conquered many times by foreign nations. It is strange, indeed, that placed in the position of servitude to which she has been subjected, Armenia has ever been able to give to the world what she has given,--a literature which can hardly be rivalled by any other European country, and a church history which is filled with accounts of Christian martyrdom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dr. Isaacs' Address on Armenia. | 3/16/1905 | See Source »

Under the auspices of the Sociedad Espanola Senor Maximo Yturralde will give a lecture in Spanish in the Assembly Room of the Union this evening at 8 o'clock, on "Why English is the World's Leading Language, and Spanish the Second...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Spanish Lecture by Senor Yturralde. | 3/16/1905 | See Source »

Morocco, M. Millet said, has an excellent position, commanding as it does the Mediterranean and the Atlantic; but, because of the weakness of the government, it has never played an important part in the history of the world. The sultan enjoys a semblance of power on the coast; but in the mountainous interior is not even recognized. This absence of a strong central government has often caused international trouble. To establish it, Spain, England and France have each tried to gain a foothold in Morocco, but all attempts to do so have failed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: M.Millet's Last Lecture "La Marce." | 3/7/1905 | See Source »

...German ideas should be placed in the Harvard Museum of Social Ethics. The motive of the Emperor in presenting this gift was two-fold: first, to foster closer relations between German and American economists, and secondly, to promote a social sentiment between the two leading nations of the world...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GIFT OF EMPEROR | 3/1/1905 | See Source »

Continuing from where he left off in his previous lecture, which dealt with the early history of the Mediterranean races and the Roman empire before its dissolution. M. Millet showed what an important role Christianity and Mohammedanism played in breaking up the unity of the old world. The philosophy of Christianity differed greatly from the Roman cult which demanded no personal reflection and did not address itself to the heart. The early Christians were to a great extent in the same position as the socialists and anarchists of the present day, who, on account of their unorthodox inspirations are rightly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: M. Millet's Second Lecture. | 2/18/1905 | See Source »

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