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...purpose of these lectures will be to correlate as far as possible the newer ideas concerning the nature of aqueous solutions and the molecular conditions prevailing in them with the physiological phenomena they call forth, especially in plants. Since the study of the poisonous effects produced by these solutions has thus far received most attention from botanists, this class of phenomena will be dealt with in some detail...
...became a minister, and for fourteen years worked assiduously in his profession. Owing to his steadfast stand for the Union, in Philadelphia, he was invited to speak at the Harvard College Commemoration Exercises in 1864, and this was the second time President Eliot saw him. Here Phillips Brooks poured forth such a flood of joyous, triumphant thanksgiving that not a man who heard him ever forgot him. It was this marvelous speech that led to his being elected to the Board of Overseers when he came to Boston in 1870. He served on this board from 1870-1882, and again...
...aspect of the play set forth by these characters is, it must not be forgotten, the less important side. The play is, after all, the love-story of Viola, and represents the highest genius of Shakspere for producing noble, high-minded characters, of whom Viola, in her way, stands pre eminent...
...that the fit relations between parties and government will be made plain, that the obligations of the moral law and of patriotic endeavor in party politics and all official life will be persuasively expounded; that the just relations between public opinion, party opinion and individual independence will be set forth; that an effective influence will be exerted for making public administration and legislation in the United States worthy of the character and intelligence of their people; and that not only the statutory lessons of history will be presented, but that the most appropriate and effective means of practical wisdom...
...probably the better part, as it gives a clear idea of Cyrano himself and of his works. He was an extremely clever writer, but by no means a genius. He has neither the touch not power of staging plays which most French writers possess, but he sets his works forth in a way that have an undeniable charm and grace. It was Cyrano's idea, in "Le Pedant Joue," to make his audiences laugh, and he has succeeded admirably. The play is similar to, but on a much higher plane than the modern vaudeville...