| Massachusetts Historical Society - 1878 - 488 str.
...Society was formed. In a letter to Mr. Hazard, announcing the formation of the Society, Dr. B. says: " We intend to be an active, not a passive, literary...literary intelligence, especially in the historical way." There is no evidence, at least in the records, that Dr. Belknap's device was ever proposed to the Society... | |
| 1899 - 556 str.
...Jeremy Belkuap, one of the founders of the organization, wrote of it at its beginning : "It is intended to be an active, not a passive, literary body ; not...communicate, literary intelligence, especially in the historic way." There has seldom been a better prognostication. The society lias done precisely what... | |
| State Historical Society of North Dakota - 1906 - 712 str.
...now formed our society, and it is dubbed, not the Antiquarian, but the 'Historical, Society.' * * * We intend to be an active, not a passive, literary...to lie waiting, like a bed of oysters, for the tide fof communication) to flow in upon us, but to seek and find, to preserve and communicate literary intelligence,... | |
| Mary Caroline Crawford - 1909 - 602 str.
...organized chiefly through his enthusiasm, should be " an active not a passive literary body, should not lie waiting, like a bed of oysters, for the tide of communication to flow in, but should seek and find, to preserve and communicate, literary intelligence especially in the historical... | |
| 1913 - 594 str.
...Dr. Jeremy Belknap wrote Ebenezer Hazard in 1701, in regard to the Massachusetts Historical Society, "We intend to be an active, not a passive, literary...literary intelligence, especially in the historical way." The more librarians have of the zeal and enthusiasm of private collectors, the better invariably are... | |
| American Historical Association - 1913 - 860 str.
...Dr. Jeremy Belknap wrote Ebenezer Hazard in 1791, in regard to the Massachusetts Historical Society, "We intend to be an active, not a passive, literary...literary intelligence, especially in the historical way." The many other lines of acquisition appropriate to the scope of an historical society can receive but... | |
| American Historical Association - 1913 - 874 str.
...wrote Ebenezcr Hazard in 1791, in regard to the Massachusetts Historical Society, "Wo intend to bo an active, not a passive, literary body; not to lie...literary intelligence, especially in the historical way." • The many other lines of acquisition appropriate to the scope of an historical society can receive... | |
| 1924 - 32 str.
...of Jeremy Belknap, the builder of the oldest of them all: "We intend to be an active, not a passive body; not to lie waiting, like a bed of oysters, for...communication to flow in upon us, but to seek and find, preserve and communicate, literary intelligence, especially in an historical way." THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY... | |
| Margaret K. Reid - 2004 - 291 str.
...language must "not ... lie waiting like a bed of oysters, for the tide (of communication) to flow in ... but to seek and find, to preserve and communicate,...literary intelligence, especially in the historical way."8 Through its chosen subjects, the historical romance would preserve national history. Through... | |
| 1913 - 582 str.
...Dr. Jeremy Belknap wrote Ebenezer Hazard in 1791, in regard to the Massachusetts Historical Society, "We intend to be an active, not a passive, literary...literary intelligence, especially in the historical way." The more librarians have of the zeal and enthusiasm of private •collectors, the better invariably... | |
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