Word: twelfth
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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PRIOR to the twelfth hegira all the good and evil in the world had been attributed to four causes, Material (good), Formal (good), Efficient (bad), Final (very bad), first formulated by the great Stagirite. ???en ???thre came a new man, who said that there were not enough, and added a fifth, the Lost Cause (worst of all). This man was St. Behoene, a celebrated physicist (who flourished in the time of Abelard and Heloise), canonized on account of his broad charity for all who held opinions different from his own. His bones now rest quietly in the little Monastery...
...notice. "Revels" is very amusing; it is splendidly set, the costumes are gorgeous, and the nonsensical acting could not be better done. The turtle and the dragon are very successful. April 19, Miss Neilson returns for one week only. April 19, 20, 21, 24, "Measure for Measure"; 21st Matinee, "Twelfth Night"; 22d, 24th, Matinee, "As You Like It"; 23d, " Cymbeline." May 10, Maurice Grau's French Opera Company...
...degree - would obviate the difficulties of a continuous struggle for marks; if this change be too radical, let rank depend upon daily work. And the names of those whom the Faculty wished to honor could be printed on "rank-lists," not arranged in the order of one-twelfth of a per cent, but alphabetically. Then we might hear less about "leading" the class, and more about men who have clear ideas upon important topics of the times; we might have fewer bookworms and more students; and we might have a larger attendance at University concerts and lectures. Should...
GLOBE THEATRE. - 7.45 P.M. Miss Neilson is playing her farewell engagement before retiring from the stage. Her Juliet and her Viola are as charming as ever. The support is fairly good. Tonight, "Romeo and Juliet"; Saturday matinee and Saturday evening, "Twelfth Night." Monday, "Cymbeline...