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"My dear fellow," thought I, "if you continue to be as great an ass as you are now, your pictures will probably remain undecorated, unless you should go to France, and compete for the medal of which La Marjolaine got such a number; and even then, you might not succeed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A COLLEGE CHAMBER OF HORRORS. | 10/24/1879 | See Source »

I shall be most happy to substantiate the charge which I have made against this janitor, if the Bursar considers such a trivial and unimportant matter worthy of his attention.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRESPONDENCE. | 10/24/1879 | See Source »

"Neither the Harvard Divinity School, nor any divinity school in this country or in England, exists simply for the cultivation of theology as a science. All these institutions . . . exist for the much more practical purpose of training ministers, and most of them ministers for particular denominations. . . . We are sure President...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL. | 10/10/1879 | See Source »

"You will allow me to mention that the motive of most of the gentlemen who have contributed to this endowment was, I think, the support of theological teaching of a perfectly unsectarian character. That was precisely what interested them in this movement."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL. | 10/10/1879 | See Source »

BOSTON MUSEUM. - "The Humbugs," which was produced at this house on Monday evening, is a clever adaptation by Mr. B. E. Woolf of a French comedy called "Les Faux Bonshommes." The piece is amusing and bright, and is well acted by the Museum company. Mr. Warren comes first with his...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE STAGE. | 10/10/1879 | See Source »