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...exist at the University of Athens. Thus far no dormitories or dining halls have been put up for the students by the authorities, and the students are obliged to lodge and board in the city, where to be sure they find quarters at very reasonable rates. Yet they are drawn together in some degree by the few university societies that exist, such as the Historical Society, the Plato Club (Philosophical), the Solon Club (Law), and the Hippocrates Club (Medical...
...first paper, a sketch by J. S. of Dale, is a fascinating but horrible study in after-death pathology. The materialistic nature of future suffering is drawn with a realism at times absolutely repulsive. This article will, perhaps, be the one most interesting to the readers. Its effect upon the mind is a strange mixture of psychological curiosity and mental disgust. From this we turn with satisfaction to the translation from de Musset by Mr. Santayana. The poetical powers of Mr. Santayana might, perhaps, be questioned, when he handles that most dangerous of all compositions, the philosophical sonnet, but here...
...Houghton in a "Study of Despair" reviews the "Bubaiyat" and presents the most thoughtful work of the number. Although an optimist might quarrel with many of the conclusions drawn as representing Kayyam in too dark a light, the conclusions are by no means fanciful, and are upon their face the result of deep study and clear ideas. It is a question, however, whether the Tent-maker of Naishapur can be so systematically interpreted throughout. Is it true that a thread of despair runs through the mystic lines of Omar and darkens all their thought? One long magazine article has been...
...women as conclusive, we cannot admit that they are sufficiently large or complete to convey much weight. The variation in physical condition, before and after the acquirement of a collegiate education was only three per cent. This fact, which is the one from which any conclusion can be drawn, might be the result of improved hygienic surroundings, both mental and physical, making the effect of study itself wholly negative in character. - N. E. Medical Monthly...
...fail to see that he has grossly misrepresented the views therein expressed. And if he thinks it over a little, it seems to me that he will find it rather difficult conscientiously to deny any of the facts therein stated, however much he may differ as to the conclusions drawn...