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...middle course such as was pursued was necessary. Now this middle course was a compromiseand the situation today is a compromise. Instead of pursuing either of the extreme courses a bridge has been put across between them. Right here, it seems to us, the petitioners have gone astray. They seem to look upon the new relations between Harvard and the Annex as an accomplished end rather than as a first step towards an end. They see something which is unsatisfactory and they reason that therefore it is wrong. Unless we are very much mistaken a majority of Harvard professors...
...medicine, in the time of Pericles. The candidate for graduation promised solemnly that he would be loyal in every way to his chosen profession, that he would abstain from all wrong and injustice, that he would not furnish poison to anyone soliciting it, that he would not lead astray anyone committed to his charge, but that he would pass his life and exercise his art in purity and holiness. The candidate further promised that whatever he should hear in the practice of his profession or not in connection with it, which ought not to be spoken of abroad, he would...
...their enthusiasm; purify, uplift, enoble. Live for the future; remember that in a few years you will be called upon to assume great responsibilities. Live so that in a few years you will be fit for the society of a pure, noble, refined woman. You will not go far astray in any field if you follow this advice...
...earnest enthusiasm will do toward producing a winning football team. When Mr. Cumnock became Captain of the Harvard team two years ago he inaugurated an era of football energy which, although it brought not victory the first year, laid the foundations for success in 1890. In no way led astray by the thought that a veteran team would easily win, he pursued the same policy of developing not only a strong second eleven, but encouraging in every possible way the production of more material and stimulating a healthy popularity for the sport among all classes. In the early games...
...sine qua non of a great critic to have a definite point of view. He chose a text and threw a strong and steady light upon it. His horizon was wider even than that of St. Beuve's. Yet he sometimes fell into ambiguities, and was often led astray by his fondness for phrases. Arnold will always live, nevertheless, as the greatest English critic of the nineteenth century. Arnold's poetry is largely introspective. It is terse, melodious, and clear, but profoundly melancholy. No man's poetry was ever a better guide to his own higher life...