Word: goode
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...William Dean Howell read from some of his published essays yesterday afternoon in the Fogg Lecture Room, his subject being "Liberty and Equality." He said in part: Liberty is not in itself a good; it is only a means for obtaining good. In its noblest, simplest terms liberty is self-sacrifice. This self-sacrifice begins with the first step in civilization and is the end of the savage's self-assertion. The earliest use that a citizen of a liberated state makes of his freedom is to give up some part of it for the common good. But the poor...
...Good society, in the eyes of some, fosters inequality. But this is not so, for the ideal within society is equality, and the better the society, the more it seeks equality. As society has extended its limits, equality has also spread. As far as we can conceive it or forecast it, the new condition, the equality of the future, will be the enlargement of good society till it comprises all humanity...
...installment of the Count Riant collection consisting of 14 cases, has been received at the Library. In it are from 3000 to 3500 volumes, mainly on theology and ecclesiastical history and a large section on the geography of the Holy Land and general geography. The books are all in good condition and several fine bindings have been found among them. A third installment is expected to arrive shortly...
...employ a very vague form of symbolism, endeavoring to make their verse musical, and paying little need to coherence. In this respect they are nearly akin to Wagner, the great symbolistic composer. The symbolists have trespassed against all rules of poetry, and for this reason are not recognized as good authors by the leading critics of the day. M. de Regnier is the only "decadent" who has really received recognition, and he has had an honor which none of his fellow symbolists have shared, namely, that of having his poetry printed in the "Revue des deux Mondes...
Still less convincing is J. G. Forbes' "Two Points of View." The matter is not original, the treatment reminiscent, the atmosphere uncertain. The sketch, however, is not lacking in good points and some of the repartee has a very collegiate tone--"What's the use of a roommate if you can't insult him?" Jack asks Bill. To which Bill meekly replies he's glad to be of use. The characters for so slight a composition are sketched with considerable skill...