Word: thought
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...house of Professor Briggs, yesterday afternoon, to discuss the project of forming an English Club. It was proposed to organize a society similar to the Historical Society and the Classical Club. There was an informal talk on the subject, but nothing definite was decided upon. It was thought best to leave the matter to the undergraduates present who will perfect plans and report in the near future...
...candidates for the University crew met last evening in Captain Herrick's room and listened to a short talk by Mr. Storrow. The candidates were encouraged to ask questions concerning the doubtful points of the stroke and to make such suggestions as might be thought useful...
...later Greek life; it was an age of transformation, where the noblest tendencies were strangely crossed by the coarsest ones. He has depicted this life so clearly by telling his story in the words and actions of his characters, keeping himself in the back ground. The language and the thought harmonize beautifully, the language showing an astonishing adaptability of the varying phases of the thought...
...that from their customs, by every one of which the mind was trained to look up to Homer as a master, there could be no other result than that the Greeks should come to look upon him as one far above the professional teacher of ethics and morality. They thought of him as the fountain head of all virtue and goodness, and they therefore defied and worshipped him. Through all the ages Homer's place in literature has received as little injury from the hands of assailants as his statue in the temple at Delphi received at the hands...
...will be omitted on Monday and Wednesday, Feb. 11 and 13. On these days Professor Wright will give public lectures on Homer in Sever 11 at 3 p. m., and members of the above courses are expected to attend. Subjects: 1-"Homer in Greek life and thought;" 2-"The study of Homer...