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...deeply into the "well spring of truth," and in striving after the unobtainable, he left behind him a life of singular incompleteness, but of vast promise. He was neither religionist nor classicist, and looked at things coldly and scientifically. For the blending of light and shade, harmony, and grace of contour, he was almost unsurpassed...
...more of a draughts man than a painter, he helped in the formation of Raphael's style. Perigino, however, was the real forerunner of Raphael. His subjects are said to have bodies belonging to the Renaissance, but souls of the middle ages. His paintings are known for their grace of pose and the fervor of faith which they express. But even as early as Perigino the relgious inspiration was passing away, he painted faces just as he saw them in life, not as religious fervor would imagine them...
...Frederick Brooks, of Grace Church, South Boston, addressed the St. Paul's Society last night. He took as his text, "Give and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down and shaken together, and running over, shall men give it into your bosom." Sacrifice, he said, is the fundamental principle of Christianity. It must not be a useless sacrifice like the heathen offerings to idols but it must be rather...
...BARRY, Tem. Leader.ST. PAUL'S SOCIETY.- Rev. Frederick Brooks of Grace Church, South Boston, will address the St. Paul's Society this evening in 17 Grays, at 7 o'clock. All members of the University are invited...
After Farquaar came Goldsmith. One may well feel proud that such a play as "She Stoops to Conquer" was written in his language. The sympathy with life and the knowledge of character which it shows together with the grace of its English are irresistible...