Word: geniuses
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...death of Professor Charles Gross ends twenty-one years of steadfast devotion to Harvard University. His labor was unremitting even in illness, when his great fortitude banished discouragement and inspired him to continue his splendid service. Thorough as was his scholarship, his genius was by no means purely academic. As a writer, he achieved fame in no mean degree; as an editor of important histories, his work was of immeasurable value; as a teacher he was admired and respected. His name stands high on the long list of men who have brought honor to Harvard...
...some of us our inadequate celebration of the poet's tercentenary; and it deserves the high praise of being called worthy of its lofty theme. Mr. George Meredith, whom also we ought particularly to delight to honor, since Harvard men were among the first to recognize his peculiar genius, is the subject of the ablest article in the issue. It is not a criticism which can be termed original, learned, or profoundly analytical; but it is an appreciation which, by means of cleverly intermingled quotations and allusions, clearly presents the notable qualities of Mr. Meredith's work...
...Arthur C. McGiffert, Ph.D., D.D., of Union Theological Seminary, last night delivered the Dudleian lecture for the current year on "The Genius of Catholicism as Illustrated in the Controversy with Modernism...
...spite of these theories the Modernists remain in the Roman Catholic Church because in it they find collectivism as opposed to Protestant individualism. What the Modernists desire is world-wide unity of purpose and effort for a common cause. The genius of catholicism is union and co-operation, and this is why it holds even the most extreme Modernists
...DUDLEIAN LECTURE. "The Genius of Catholicism as Illustrated in the Controversy with Modernism." Professor Arthur C. McGiffert, D.D., of Union Theological Seminary. Emerson...