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Truly the editorial in question is a masterpiece. The Courant beats about the bush in a most skilful manner as carefully refraining from arguments as our other Yale contemporary, the News. As the editors of the Courant are so anxious to defend the Yale daily, perhaps they would like to furnish us with some replies to a few letters we published some days ago, particularly for the benefit of our Yale friends...
...repulsed. The armies now settled down to an attack and defense on this city which lasted for almost ten months. The campaign on which Grant had started out had thinned the ranks of his army one-half while the Confederates were still undismayed and in a position to defend themselves. Mr. Ropes took Grant especially to task for the needless waste which he made in men and material, instead of husbanding them for judicious movements...
...railway in the rear of Hood, and made a move toward the only other. In so doing he moved away from the city, and Hood thought himself free. What was his surprise to find a day later Sherman breaking up his only line of retreat. He moved out to defend it, and before he knew it the Federal army was upon the city...
...schools, which view was also taken by President Porter, who said that he took it for granted that the only reason why the State is justified in taxing all its citizens for the support of public schools is that it may promote its true well-being, and perhaps defend itself from irreparable disaster; and that if this is to be assumed, then it is equally clear that it is not only its right, but its duty, to compel attendance under proper limits some efficient school, public, parochial, or private...
That is what is said. So far I must defend Plato, as to plead that his view of education and studies is in the general, as it seems to me, sound enough, and fitted for all sorts and conditions of men, whatever their pursuits may be. 'An intelligent man,' says Plato, 'will prize those studies which shall result in his soul getting soberness, righteousness and wisdom, and will disregard the rest.' I cannot consider that a bad description of the aim of education, and of the motives which should govern us in the choice of studies, whether we are preparing...