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...Copeland delivered his lecture on "Extemporaneous Speaking," in the Dining Room of the Union yesterday evening. Mr. Copeland commenced his remarks by observing that speaking is an art to master which requires infinite labor and, in addition, is one in which to attain proficiency, an original gift is an additional necessity...
...highest ideal to which man can attain is the production of happiness. But by nature man is not fitted for this work for four reasons; he is more sensitive to pain than to happiness, he is highly susceptible to disease, his requirements for maintenance of life are too great to obtain the highest degree of efficiency and he produces in order that he may produce more, rather than that he may produce more, rather than that he may enjoy what he has already produced. Man's egotism is opposed by his will and turned into altruism, and his intelligence, which...
President Lowell was the last speaker of the evening. He pointed to one of the chief defects in the graduate of American schools of applied science as that of timidity in attacking large problems. Students too often begin with low ideals and try to attain greater ones, whereas the reverse should be the rule to follow. In their studies, students are inclined to wait for their instructors to tell them how and why to do their work. "The true scholar," said President Lowell, "does not wait for a Professor to come along with a lantern and show...
...President Lowell emphasized his need of undergraduate co-operation in the carrying out of his plans. He defined his conception of the relation between college and university, which in his judgment should not be separated from each other. President Lowell declared that the ideal which he wished Harvard to attain was the development of men well-trained in every respect...
...given; and he that hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath," we at first may see an element of injustice. But as we study it more carefully, we realize that it is but another phase of Christ's belief; the ability to attain any goal comes not so much from the possession of power as from the exercise...