Word: reasons
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...cellar is divided into four compartments-the Pronaos, the Hekatompedos, the Parthenon, and the Opisthodomos. The interior arrangements of each of these apartments were described with considerable care. We do not know much of their decorations. There is good reason to believe, however, that in the Hekatompedos draperies were extensively used in the decoration...
...matter how good a shot a man may be, constant practice cannot fail to improve his work: so let all who can, be present, not only tomorrow but at every subsequent meeting, for if this is done, there is no reason why we cannot hope to put a victorious team in the field next spring...
...towards specialization is due the rise of comparative history, comparative art, religion, philology, jurisprudence, etc. In philosophy also the German has done noble work; he treats it psychologically, and not as the Greek did, auto-logically. He looks into the conditions of human knowing, and reaches the conclusion that reason is all-important. In music we find Beethoven and his followers getting at the divine part of music. By carrying music up to double counterpoint, they have made it a most effective vehicle for the portrayal of human feelings...
...There is no political reason for interference. (a) The United States has refused to assume the protectorate alone, or to join with England and Germany in one.- Samoan Affairs, p. 31. (b) The three powers interested in Samoa have agreed not to change the status quo without general (consent.- Samoan Affairs, pp. 31, 35. (c) There can therefore be no question of a German protectorate without the consent of England and America...
...seems to us that these men are acting very disloyally to their college, and must do so from thoughtlessness. It is true that in the past few years Harvard has been unlucky and Yale has won the victories. But just because of this, there is every reason why rowing men should make greater efforts, and why the college should all the more heartily give them its support. The crew has done its part, has gone to work with a zeal and determination never shown before, but there is a disposition among some inconsiderate men, who think it their part...