Word: youthe
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...friend was really very miserable. The "thornless loto trees" were all thorny to him, and the "tal'h trees with piles of fruit, the outspread shade, and water outpoured" could not comfort him in his really very natural shyness. A happy thought occurred to me. In early and credulous youth I had studied the works of Cornelous youth I had studied the works of Cornelius Agrippa and Petrus de Abano. Their lessons, which had not hitherto been of much practical service, recurred to my mind. Stooping down I drew a circle round myself and my old friend in the fragrant...
Advice to Freshmen: Honor thy professor in the days of thy youth, that thou mayest be solid before the senior year...
...Languages, whether in Mathematics, in the Modern Languages, or in the Natural Sciences, have been hitherto unsuccessful; that, after long and vain search, we must always come back finally to the result of centuries of experience, that the surest instrument that can be used in training the mind of youth is given us in the study of the languages, the literature, and the works of art of classical antiquity." Speaking further on the subject, Prof. Hoffman says "There is accordingly no lack of practical experience, and the result is that the belief which had already been entertained has been strengthened...
...Humphreys requests of his former pupils now in the several classes at Harvard their informing their friends that he will, after Christmas, have a vacancy in his house for one resident pupil. A gentlemanly and earnest youth would find a kind and comfortable home with such tuition as they had from him. For circular address E. R. Humphreys, 129 West Chester Park, Boston...
...Humphreys requests of his former pupils now in the several classes at Harvard their informing their friends that he will, after Christmas, have a vacancy in his house for one resident pupil. A gentlemanly and earnest youth would find a kind and comfortable home with such tuition as they had from him. For circular address E. R. Humphreys, 129 West Chester Park, Boston...