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Word: finishing touch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1886-1886
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...leading article in each number should be written by some Harvard alumnus; but they kept to the spirit by getting Assistant Professor Cohn to contribute a short essay on Jules Grevy. Although Mr. Cohn uses English uncommonly well for a foreigner, yet his work has not the same finish which we would demand in the case of a native. Nevertheless, in spite of his disadvantages he has succeeded in giving a very readable account of President Grevy. The career of this famous French statesmen, who has been prominent for so many years, is shown to be most interesting. Mr. Berenson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Harvard Monthly. | 3/18/1886 | See Source »

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