The Harvard University Catalogue

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University, 1874 - Education
 

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Page 17 - Bay passed in the year one thousand six hundred and forty-two, the governor and deputy-governor, for the time being, and all the magistrates of that jurisdiction, were, with the president, and a number of the clergy in the said act described, constituted the overseers of Harvard College: and it being necessary, in this new constitution of government to ascertain who shall be deemed successors to the said governor...
Page 180 - Sa passion pour la gloire , pour la guerre , et pour la vengeance, l'empêcha dêtre bon politique; qualité sans laquelle on n'a jamais vu de conquérant. Avant la bataille et après la victoire il n'avait que de la modestie ; après la défaite , que de la fermeté : dur pour les autres comme pour lui-même, comptant pour rien la peine et la vie de ses sujets aussi bien que la sienne ; homme unique plutôt que grand homme , admirable plutôt qu'à imiter. Sa vie doit apprendre aux rois combien...
Page 215 - As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteemst the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would," Like the poor cat i
Page 215 - I have liv'd long enough : my way of life Is fallen into the sear, the yellow leaf : And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses not loud, but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Page 217 - See you now; Your bait of falsehood takes this carp of truth; And thus do we of wisdom and of reach, With windlasses, and with assays of bias, By indirections find directions out: So by my former lecture and advice Shall you my son. You have me, have you not? Rey. My lord, I have. Pol. God be wi
Page 16 - God, the advantage of the Christian religion, and the great benefit of this and the other United States of America, — It is declared that the President and Fellows of Harvard College in their corporate capacity, and their successors in that capacity, their officers and servants, shall have, hold, use, exercise, and enjoy...
Page 17 - It is declared that all the said gifts, grants, devises, legacies, and conveyances are hereby forever confirmed unto the President and Fellows of Harvard College, and to their successors in the capacity aforesaid, according to the true intent and meaning of the donor or donors, grantor or grantors, devisor or devisors.
Page 217 - Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree ? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
Page 122 - Bursar in the sum of $200, signed by two bondsmen, one of whom must be a citizen of the United States...

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