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... tion of the student fund . In 1896 Mr. William S. Houghton , long a trustee of the college , expressed a wish upon his death - bed to found a chapel for Wellesley . It was only a wish , but his son and daughter made it a reality in the ...
... tion of the student fund . In 1896 Mr. William S. Houghton , long a trustee of the college , expressed a wish upon his death - bed to found a chapel for Wellesley . It was only a wish , but his son and daughter made it a reality in the ...
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... tion in the hands of the state ; that several of the colonies lend money to settlers at low rates of interest ; that New Zealand has a general old - age pension system and a government department of life insur- ance ; that industries ...
... tion in the hands of the state ; that several of the colonies lend money to settlers at low rates of interest ; that New Zealand has a general old - age pension system and a government department of life insur- ance ; that industries ...
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... tion Day has been a custom for many cen- turies is undoubted . There is a tradition that among the sermons of St. Augustine , who died in 430 , are two relating to this day and its proper observance , and that St. Athanasius also left ...
... tion Day has been a custom for many cen- turies is undoubted . There is a tradition that among the sermons of St. Augustine , who died in 430 , are two relating to this day and its proper observance , and that St. Athanasius also left ...
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... tion of the dowry is both inter- esting and imposing . In 1500 Queen Jeanne of Valois founded at Bourges , France , an order of nuns in honor of the Annunciation , and a Genoese widow named Maria Fornari founded a similar order in 1604 ...
... tion of the dowry is both inter- esting and imposing . In 1500 Queen Jeanne of Valois founded at Bourges , France , an order of nuns in honor of the Annunciation , and a Genoese widow named Maria Fornari founded a similar order in 1604 ...
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... tion was the day chosen for the most celebrated dole in the his- tory of England . Lenten doles were numerous in past centuries , though the custom itself seems to antedate the establishment of the penitential season . " Doles , " says ...
... tion was the day chosen for the most celebrated dole in the his- tory of England . Lenten doles were numerous in past centuries , though the custom itself seems to antedate the establishment of the penitential season . " Doles , " says ...
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Page 362 - What! do I fear myself? there's none else by Richard loves Richard; that is, I am I. Is there a murderer here? No. Yes; I am: Then fly: what! from myself? Great reason why; Lest I revenge. What! myself upon myself? Alack! I love myself. Wherefore? for any good That I myself have done unto myself? O! no: alas! I rather hate myself For hateful deeds committed by myself.
Page 9 - The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there anything whereof it may be said, "See, this is new"? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
Page 145 - THERE is NO WEALTH BUT LIFE. Life, including all its powers of love, of joy, and of admiration. That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings; that man is richest who, having perfected the functions of his own life to the utmost, has also the widest helpful influence, both personal, and by means of his possessions, over the lives of others.
Page 97 - I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study.
Page 362 - My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain. Perjury, perjury, in the high'st degree; Murder, stern murder in the dir'st degree; All several sins, all us'd in each degree, Throng to the bar, crying all, 'Guilty, guilty!
Page 356 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers...
Page 276 - Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove. O, no! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Page 145 - There is no wealth but life — -life, including all its powers of love, of joy, and of admiration. That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings...
Page 321 - Who, that surveys this span of earth we press, This speck of life in time's great wilderness, This narrow isthmus 'twixt two boundless seas, The past, the future, two eternities ! — Would sully the bright spot or leave it bare, When he might build him a proud temple there A name, that long shall hallow all its space, And be each purer soul's high...
Page 330 - But to return to our own institute; besides these constant exercises at home, there is another opportunity of gaining experience to be won from pleasure itself abroad; in those vernal seasons of the year when the air is calm and pleasant, it were an injury and sullenness against nature, not to go out and see her riches, and partake in her rejoicing with heaven and earth.