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...stand in it who is not at least honest, and virtuous, and Christlike. No man can stand in the truth who says there is no God. If he wants proofs of God's existence let him not seek them in theology; let him rather read the book of his own life. If ever in following his own desires he has done a just, a kindly act, he can find in that, evidence of God; for justice and charity are divine attributes. In society, politics, science, poetry, we see the same truth made manifest, - if the heart be not right...
...number of which have so considerably added to his reputation. The volume will be named "The Sentimental Calendar," a sketch being allotted to each of the twelve months of the year, with regard to the appropriateness of the tale. Several new stories will also be included in the book, which the Scribners are to bring out as a holiday volume. - Independent...
...seems almost trivial to return to a subject which is so well-worn as that of the use of books in the library: but when the annoyance increases to such a degree that it becomes almost maddening, some word of protest certainly is not out of place. If every man will but remember that his interest in a reserved book is not a life interest, and that others desire to use it as well as he, the whole matter will be simplified and the trouble abated. It is this thoughtlessness, and only thoughtlessness, without question, which causes all the trouble...
...says that "it is easier to lounge in an easy chair and read a book or two in connection with a certain course, than to sit at a desk in the library, or in your own room and learn from consultation from a number of writers and books what the real ethics of a question is." We heartily agree with him. It is much easier to sit in an easy chair, but if we sit at our desk - in our own room to - and discard the easy chair, isn't it rather hard on "'88" if we get the very...
Last lecture there was a little blue-book circulating in the History 13 section, containing a petition for a list of general readings. The writer of this article put his name down on account of sheer laziness, he admits, but he saw other names that were irreproachable - names of men concerning whom "'88" would hesitate a long while before advancing his accusation of "laziness...