Word: compassion
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Teachers of Latin in our colleges ought to be grateful to Dr. H. W. Hayley of Harvard for having provided them with a singularly clear and useful 'Introduction to the Verse of Terence.' In the compass of 25 pages the undergraduate can here find about all that he needs to know of the metrical construction of this poet. * * * * Dr. Hayley's modesty disclaims anything in the way of originality, but there are several places (notably his treatment of the fifth foot of the senarius) where he has discovered how to make clear brief statements of facts in matters where there...
...clarum et venerabile nomen not only here at Harvard, but wherever good learning is cherished and great public services are honored,- were some scraps of the lectures to which his classes had the exceptional privilege of listening. Brief and fragmentary as they are, they yet exhibit in their small compass the breadth of mind and the wise reflection which were among the most marked traits of his nature, traits in which genius and character were united in rare combination...
...SALE OR TO LET. - Sloop Yacht La Reine, good cabin accommodations with cooking utensils, charts, lights, compass, tender and oars, everything complete and ready for cruising. Mooring off Boston Yacht Club, So. Boston, and landing at Hutching's. Apply to T. A. MacDonald by mail, 123 Oliver street, Boston, or at Hutching's wharf, Sixth st. City point...
...poetical career of Burns may be divided into three periods. The first ends with the publication of his first book of songs in 1786. It took by storm young and old alike. Although at first sight it seems of limited compass, the few notes in it of absolute sincerity make it great. During the period he was the poet, preacher and prophet of the peasants, of whom he was one. His power of sympathy overflowed upon all things...
...Astronomy and we must therefore understand of what our eyes are capable It is a curious fact in vision that we cannot be sure that we tell that which we see, because our reason takes part in what we observe. In order to find the points of the compass we must first find a level surface and then by the arrangement of angles we must find the zenith of the sky. A single point however does not help us, and another must be obtained. Looking to the north we can find stars forming circles, and as we go farther north...