Word: honorability
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...Herbert, he said, on account of his ardent piety was early destined to service in the church. For this purpose he was sent to Westminister School at London, and from there to Trinity College in Cambridge. Ordinarily he would have immediately prepared for the priesthood, but his desire for honor still kept him at Cambridge, where he obtained the oratorship. At the death of King James, however, all his hopes of securing a position at court vanished, and the resulting disappointment was one of the main causes of his taking orders from the church. Through the Earl of Pembroke...
...Massachusetts Library Club held a memorial meeting in Channing Hall yesterday in honor of the late Justin Winsor, at which Mr. W. C. Lane of the Boston Athenaeum read a paper entitled "Justin winsor, Librarian and Historian." The paper was compiled by Professor Hart and others of Mr. Winsor's friends...
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt entertained a number of Harvard and Yale graduates at the Metropolitan Club this evening in honor of Mr. Lehmann. The list of guests including representatives of every branch in the government service was as follows...
...Lehmann and Mr. Willis will leave Cambridge for Washington today to attend the dinner to be given in Mr. Lehmann's honor Wednesday evening. After this they have planned a trip to Canada and will sail for England January...
...Lehmann, Mr. Willis, Coleman '99, and Captain Goodrich who arrived in Cambridge yesterday morning, were on the launch. Next week Mr. Lehmann accompanied by Mr. Willis will go down to Washington to attend the dinner to be given in his honor on December...