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...moment. Of course we have differentiations of the poetic sense. We have the love ditty, the laboriously elaborated scholastic exercise, the philosophical sonnet, the frothy nothing, and the pessimistic snarl. A great portion of the writing is naturally the direct outcome of affectation, much of the rest from an ambition to shine as a literary light. But here and there at rare intervals we catch a glimmer, transient, it is true, of a pure, new thought, which will not be crowded out, and will in its utterance prove its own intrinsic worth. This, then, we may fairly accept...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Poets. | 2/9/1886 | See Source »

...will secure Divinity B for the rest of the year, with the right to reengage for next year. Apply to the Bursar...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notices. | 2/8/1886 | See Source »

...will secure Divinity B for the rest of the year, with the right to reengage for next year. Apply to the Bursar...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/6/1886 | See Source »

...will secure Divinity B for the rest of the year, with the right to reengage for next year. Apply to the Bursar...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/5/1886 | See Source »

Like other organs, the heart has its ills, some of which are peculiar to it from its formation, some from the special nature of the work it has to do. More of the other parts of the organism are able to get a rest at some time or other, and can make good this rest in repairing the waste that exercise of their functions has occasioned. The heart, at best, can obtain only a very brief respite. A fainting fit gives us an illustration of what happens when the action of the heart is much reduced in frequency, or brought...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dr. Farnham's Lecture. | 2/4/1886 | See Source »