Word: magic
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Ethnography. What were the races of Babylonia? Was the non-Shemitic population Turanian or Cushite? Which race worshiped natural forces, and employed magic? Which race developed an elaborate mythology? How did the religion of the Assyrians differ from this latter...
...distant past. When all were seated, a prayer was offered by the Rev. President Humphrey of Amherst College. For a time the dining quietly proceeded; but soon the busy hum of many voices, the laugh, the joke, animated the scene. All were again hushed, as if by magic, when Mr. Edward Everett, the President of the day, rose to address them. To say that he was most happy, is feeble praise. He was eloquent, brilliant, touching: - and as he read, in the sea of intelligent faces around him, the effect of his own unrivalled declamation, his fancy seemed to burst...
...distant past. When all were seated, a prayer was offered by the Rev. President Humphrey, of Amherst College. For a time the dining quietly proceeded; but soon the busy hum of many voices, the laugh, the joke, animated the scene. All were again hushed, as if by magic, when Mr. Everett, the President of the Day, rose to address them. To say that he was most happy, is feeble praise. He was eloquent, brilliant, touching: - and as he read, in the sea of intelligent faces around him, the effect of his own unrivalled declamation, his fancy seemed to burst away...
...make a few remarks, and "feel obliged to make many excuses upon their surprise at being called upon and lack of preparation." The criticism is just; and the fault is less excusable when we consider that the ability to speak extemporaneously is not hard to acquire. Practice is the magic that enables most men to arrange and express their thoughts when the necessity for so doing unexpectedly arises. For furnishing this practice, the editorial in question recommends "a class in extempore speaking, already introduced in one or two colleges, but worthy of wider appreciation." Such a course could...
...Jerrys," and other comforting liquids, during the continuance of the present cold snap. We trust that the college will chime in with our sentiments, since we are trying to ring in no scheme of personal advantage. Our columns are open to any communications on this topic bearing the magic signature "'89," though we reserve the option of proceeding to clapper stopper on any correspondents who give tongue too freely...