Word: write
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...should write on the doors of the city gate...
There was a time when Latin was the vehicle of all thought. The modern languages being not yet fixed, if a man wished to be understood he must speak Latin; if he wished to be read he must write in Latin. All works on theology, science, philosophy, history, and grammar were written in this language. Nothing more natural then than the study of Latin. It was the first thing to learn. But is language anything but an instrument? And Latin for us modern people is about as useful an instrument as the axes of the Age of Stone...
...think that these are shared by quite a large number of our fellow-students, who are curious to see how our men would stand in comparison with those of other colleges, and to find out whether we are really much worse off for our lack of collegiate instruction in writing and speaking, which we have so often been called upon to deplore; and by a few, perhaps, who, though certainly believing that Harvard would make but a poor show in the contest, wish that she had taken part in it, in the hope that thus, at least, the Faculty might...
...must of course have reference to some circumstances interesting to its readers. Now the leading newspapers of the present day are full of such articles to a greater or less extent. The writers of these articles, having greater experience than the contributors to college papers, are more capable of writing so as to please their readers; further, they have a greater field of operation, since they are not confined to productions which have their application in any one direction. Besides, newspaper contributors have a much less cultivated class of readers to address; as a general rule...
...dearth of poetry in the Williams papers is at last accounted for. An editorial advice to the contributors of the Review says, "If you send poetry, write it as carefully as possible, and enclose a postage stamp." The Review is evidently severe on the poetic muse...