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...Electoral College and the expediency of changes in the mode of choosing the President of the United States...
...rows of columns supported the ceiling, the rows being on either side of the room, and the wall between these rooms was always decorated. Plates or slabs of marble were usually used as an ancient form of decoration. A representation of windows was often resorted to as a mode beautifying a room, while on these windows, which were themselves really marble, were pictured scenes of outdoor life. Sometimes scenes of gardens were painted, giving one the idea of beautiful flowers beyond...
Possibly the most interesting article to Harvard men, in the Atlantic Monthly for May is on "The Present Requirements for Admission to Harvard College." There is an excellent account of the evolution of our mode of conducting examinations together with a good discussion of the aim of the college in the matter of choice of subjects. The number contains also some correspondence of Emerson and Thoreau and several stories and poems...
...idea of stringed instruments can be traced back to the time of Homer, who pictures one of his heroes with a bow, which he uses not only as a weapon, but also as a means of producing pleasant sounds. The mode of producing these sounds, picking the strings, is the basis of most of the string instruments, up to the pianoforte. The other mode of striking the strings a blow, was employed by the Assyrians, and later was made use of in the piano...
Although the book is intended, according to the preface, primarily for beginners in the study of geology, it is also full of interesting suggestions to more advanced students while the peculiar clearness and simplicity of its mode of presentation render it intelligible to the average reader who may not possess a technical knowledge of geology or biology...