Word: ways
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...first point to bear in mind about Crete and Knossos is primarily a geographical one, since the leadership in the Amorgan era and the great maritime empire in the Mycenaean Age were due entirely to the advantageous position of Crete. Thus when commerce and enterprise were fairly under way, Crete found itself nearer to Cyprus and Troy and also nearer to the Delta of the Nile than any other Greek or Aegean land. Crete, then, could be taken as a middle point between Europe, Africa and Asia, and it was made possible for the diffusion of Egyptian germs...
...abandoned. Coming from the west myself, I can remember the mild sensation caused in more than one family circle by the posters announcing the approach of the "Harvard University Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Clubs." It is astonishing how little is known about Harvard in anything but a general way throughout the middle states. So it was that a single concert, heralded long be fore its arrival, did much to decide in the minds of many the important question of where to go. It seems a cheap way to advertise our University, to be sure, but better a little cheap advertising...
...House will be open on Friday afternoons throughout the winter from four to six. Mrs. Shaler, Mrs. C. L. Smith, Mrs. E. C. Pickering, and a few other ladies, together with some instructors in the University, will be present every week, and will welcome there, in a quite informal way, any members of the University...
...whom no sure confidence could be placed. Again there rises before one the scene on that day when Christ first met the humble fisherman and gave to the weak Simon the name of Peter,--that is to say at last the old fickleness of Simon's character gave way to the strength Christ meant for him to have, and he indeed becomes Peter, the "rock" and martyr of the church...
...House will be open on Friday afternoons throughout the winter from four to six. Mrs. Shaler, Mrs. C. L. Smith, Mrs. E. C. Pickering, and a few other ladies, together with some instructors in the University, will be present every week, and will welcome there, in a quite informal way, any members of the University...