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...receive your letter of the 17th instant with your frank and friendly explanation of the intent of your recent note in relation to the pending immigration bill. It gives me pleasure to be able to assure you that, reading the words "grave consequences" in the light of their context, and knowing the spirit of friendship and understanding you have always manifested in our long association, I had no doubt that these words were to be taken in the sense you have stated, and I was quite sure that it was far from your thought to express or imply any threat...
...into trouble. The intent of the book is not considered; if from the purest and most moral motives it used an obscene word it comes under the law. The book is not to be judged as a whole but shall be condemned for a single passage out of its context. In one fell stroke this clause would outlaw the Bible, Shakespeare, the Greek and Roman classics, Swift, Chaucer, the whole of Restoration comedy, Milton, Fielding, Voltaire, Flaubert, Goethe, Balzac, the writings of the early Christian fathers, Martin Luther, the Encyclopedia Britannica and the dictionary...
...most effective way to master the subject matter of a course undoubtedly consists in conscientious study of lecture notes shortly after each meeting. In this way the student acquires a working knowledge of the context and is led to ruminate upon its meaning. The average undergraduate, however, sits stupidly through his lectures, mechanically jots a few incoherent notes, and goes away without a thought as to what has just been said. It is not altogether his fault; some lectures are extremely monotonous and uninteresting. In vain do professors encourage outside discussion among students, or announce voluntary consultation hours. The modern...
...purpose of this course, according to President Butler, to teach or to preach doctrines, but rather to show the movement of civilization in its achievement of constructive progress. The context of the course is drawn out not merely from history, but from economics, politics, ethics, and political science...
...definition, fun itself. But for all that, Mr. Reniers has invented several funny situations and has written more than one witty line, even if the wit smacked at times of the taste of the Restoration. The songs, however, were all fairly clever, and they were vitally connected with their context in the play. The music was excellent,--it had lilt, melody, and originality...