Word: sir
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Dates: during 1910-1910
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...University has received as a gift from Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr., '89 and Mr. Edward F. Whitney '71, portraits of Sir Matthew and Lady Holworthy, painted by Sir Peter Lely...
...Sir Matthew Holworthy was an English merchant, who died in 1678, leaving to Harvard College the sum of 1000 pounds, the largest individual gift made to the College in the 17th century. It was in his honor that Holworthy Hall was given its name...
...Sir John Murray, one of the pioneers in the "Challenger" who searched the bed of the ocean, year by year more famous as an explorer into the depths of its silence and its mystery...
...Garfield, of Williams College, spoke on "Education"; W. B. Parsons spoke on "Engineering"; Dr. R. C. Cabot '89 on "Medicine"; Rev. Endicott Peabody h.'04 on "The Ministry"; and W. M. E. Perkins '07 on "Journalism." Among the other men of national reputation who drew large audiences were Lieutenant Sir Ernest Shackleton, F. Hopkinson Smith, Hon. E. Sumner Mansfield, Hon. Henry Clews, and Horace Fletcher...
...battle, but they may learn from this memorial that they can give their lives to their country not less fully and not less honestly who use it throughout its whole duration to increase her prosperity, to purify her politics, and to maintain her ideals. It is a pleasure, sir, to accept this memorial on behalf of Harvard University...