Word: splendid
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...endeavored to force it. There was wanting in the Harvard argument definiteness, a fault which afforded an easy point of attack for the Yale men. Still the Harvard argument taken by itself was strong, but was not presented so forcibly as the Yale argument. All the Yale speakers had splendid form. Clark's skill in analysis was perhaps their strongest weapon. For Harvard, Stewar dspoke best, making the most effective of the rebuttal speeches...
...this is to be deplored, but whether it is or not the fact remains that a lad of this age does not take life seriously, he does not feel that society has any claim upon him, and he does not fully appreciate nor take the best advantage of the splendid opportunities that such a university as this offers him. It is to be remembered that we are speaking of the average boy of seventeen, and not of the precocious fellow who has advanced beyond his years, and has little of the boy left in him. He is the exception that...
...great in former years should not be allowed to flag, especially when the other universities are making unusual efforts to defeat her. Thus far the interest of the students, we think, has not been as great as it should have been. The reputation of Harvard in debate is a splendid one. She can show an absolutely unbroken record of victories, and every student in the University should feel a personal interest in keeping this record as clear...
...when it is at its best-the solemn music of its cadences. The distinguishing qualities of seventeenth century prose were brought out, or rather suggested, by a rough comparison of Browne with Bacon, Ralegh, Hooker, Isask Walton, and Jeremy Taylor, who is Browne's only equal in his most splendid passages of ornate prose...
...England girl's school at the beginning of the war; and also records reminiscences of Emerson, a guest in her father's house. The art feature is Mr. Will H. Low's article on the great English painters of the early part of the century, with many splendid engravings of their pictures. To any one interested in art these discriminating articles are invaluable. The illustrations have been chosen with rare taste; they are interesting as pictures, and as examples of the artists, who are critically and biographically presented in the text. The fiction is especially notable, including a charming romance...