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AMONG recent publications, we feel called upon to notice "An Essay on Human Understanding," by a certain Locke, of England. The book is evidently to be taken as an extravaganza or philosophical romance, and is designed, by a pleasing species of reductio ad absurdum, to ridicule the philosophers who were opposed to Descartes. Locke's method was probably suggested by the "Historic Doubts" of Whately, and his satire is more complete, if possible, than that of the celebrated divine. By fully presenting and amusingly overstating a system of philosophy he completely undermines the edifice he is supposed to be rearing...
...board of the Vidette, elated by their newly acquired dignity, abuse the editorial "We," ad nauseam, but this will work its own cure without doubt. The Review is heavy reading...
...reserved for Friday night, when "Aida" brought them out twenty strong. With what pride did the standard-bearers look upon the rowing men, who were selected to bring in the victorious Radames; and in the vocal line, who can think of the stirring chorus, "Gloria all' Egitto e ad Iside!" without remembering that the volume was increased by Undergraduate lungs? But what a fall of pride! Do we not see one of our number among the Ethiopian prisoners forcibly suggesting the end man at the negro minstrels? And then the bearers of "those idols," - a cow minus a horn...
...Ridetur, editur, potatur, ut omnes non minus animo quam ventre delectentur. Sermonis cursu a Doctore B. rogatus, ut fabellam narraret, "Fabella digna, quam narrem," Doctor A. respondet, "mihi non est; mihi autem somnium proxima nocte mirum fuit, quod, amici mei, si vobis placcat, libenter narrabo. Me mortuum esse et ad Paradisum iter contendisse somniavi. Petro Sancto invento, ut intrarem, ab ipso petii. 'Quis es?' rogat Petrus. 'Doctor A., Bostonianus,' respondeo. 'Doctor A., Bostonianus? vehementer doleo, amice, quod non intres, sed mehercle! ut medicus in Paradisum intret, fieri non potest.' Ab imo pectore suspirans, 'Et ego, Petre Sancte, vehementer, vehementissime quidem...