Word: explains
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...doing so they are departing from all precedent, are violating fixed agreements, and are making themselves appear in a very unfavorable light. Even if such delay were necessary, although we cannot see why it should be, why has not the Princeton management had the courtesty to write and explain the cause of the unusual delay? Whenever Princeton has played in Cambridge, the Harvard management has always paid them immediately and it is only fair that we receive like treatment from Princeton, or if kept waiting in this vexations manner, that we receive some explanation...
...first absurd mistakes in the interpretation of Homer were very frequent. This was especially so before the Renaissance, but even modern scholars have sometimes soberly offered the most ridiculous theories to explain Homeric difficulties. However, the study of Homer at the present time is more intelligent than ever before, one reason being that our text is a very pure one, better even than the one used by Virgil. The subject matter of the poem, too, has been thoroughly illumined by the united learning of many eminent scholars; mythology, likewise, is better understood, as is also the civilization of the Homeric...
...subject, "The Recent Votes of the Board of Overseers," is one that is of vital interest to us all, and no urging is necessary to insure a large attendance. Roger Walcott, Esq., who headed the late movement of the Board of Overseers, will address the meeting, and will undoubtedly explain the motive which prompted the Overseers to adopt such stringent resolutions...
REVIEW GERMAN A.- I shall read the books read in this course and explain difficulties, in my room, Tuesday evening...
REVIEW GERMAN A.- I shall read the books read in this course and explain difficulties, in my room, Tuesday evening...