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...into the most hidden things. There is a vein through all his writings which gives evidence of an extensive reading knowledge and high culture. His humor, pathos and marvelous power of description made him a popular writer and secured for him the fame which returns from an extensive and wide-spread circulation of his works...
...addition to Soule Hall which is now building there will probably be still another new dormitory at Exeter next year. The building will be 150 feet long and 38 feet wide and three stories high with a basement. The walls will be of brick with sandstone trimmings and a pitch roof slated. There will be three entrances, one in front and one at each...
...front entrance leads into a large hall at the end of which there will be a cloak room, on the right will be a dining hall 56 feet long by 38 feet wide which will accommodate 100 students. At the left of the hall will be a large conversation and reading room combined and beyond this will be, for resident the instructor a suite of rooms consisting of a reception room, private drawing room, two bed rooms and a study...
...plan of producing a Latin play next year will doubtless arouse wide spread interest, particularly after the marked success of the Greek play which was given in 1881. That was the first production of its kind in America and it attracted to Cambridge probably the most distinguished gathering of literary people ever assembled at one time. People flocked from all parts and paid fabulous prices for seats. The press of the country gave long accounts of it and London papers even went so far as to have the news cabled to them. The event marked an important period at Harvard...
...came to feel that he had a definite plan of life, - a plan for an indefinite immortal life; and they trusted him accordingly. Those who came from a distance probably heard him most often and valued him most highly; and though this made his influence as a preacher very wide, it is not solely, or even chiefly, as such that he is to be remembered...