Word: presentation
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...object of the present notice is to invite all who feel in sympathy with the proposed plan to hand in their names as early as possible at either of the following rooms: Nos. 1, 2, or 19 Little's Block; or to Mr. Lowery, No. 52 Brattle Street. It is extremely desirable that a sufficient number for business should be immediately obtained, and it is hoped that no further invitation will be needed to induce all interested, of whatever class, to make application...
...other "lost arts," with all possible speed. Unless the Boylston prizes, which we owe to a private individual and not to the College itself, be considered an exception, oratory has here no recognized existence whatever. Thus Mr. Adams is literally correct when he says on this point: "At present nothing of the kind is attempted...
...Turning-Points in Life" deals with those questions which are, at the same time, the hardest to answer and the most important in the lives of all men. It is, therefore, of especial interest to those who begin to see these enigmas looming up before them, near enough to present in full light all their knotty points, but far enough off to afford time for deliberation. On all the practical questions which he discusses, Mr. Arnold appears to speak impartially and carefully and with good judgment. More than this, however, we cannot say. He is not a deep thinker...
That the Museum has, in so short a time, risen from almost nothing to its present position should not be merely an object of local but of national pride. Fortunate it is, too, that an interest in these studies, and it is to be hoped not a temporary one, has sprung up, not only here but elsewhere, just at a time when metaphysical investigations are awaiting the solution of certain problems in Natural History...
When the pronounced success of the ingenious enterprise was secured, Messrs. Burgwyn, '73, Randall, '74, and Bell, '76, were invited to join the original four, in order to aid in forming the present Harvard Telegraph Co. The latter was gradually increased in numbers, until, during the month of February, it was deemed advisable to organize the association, when the following officers were elected...