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President Eliot, in an essay published in the Century of this month under the title of "What is a Liberal Education makes the statement: "The great majority of men in this country who belong to the intellectual professions are not liberally educated." Such a statement from such a source well...
The Ecole des Chartes was founded in 1821 by a royal ordinance at Paris. It is supported by the government, and the design is to turn out efficient public servants. The school is now established in the rue de Paradise, No. 58, in a house adjoining the palais des archiues...
At a meeting of the Yale Alumni Association last Friday night, ExGovernor Chamberlain of South Carolina introduced a resolution declaring in effect that the professorship of English literature, now vacant, was the most important in the faculty and should be filled by the most eminent scholar available. In all the...
The social habit of drinking is essentially vulgar. "The manhood of man is lessened" as he becomes more appreciative of the superiority of French wines manufactured especially for the American market. Intemperance stands pre-eminent among the evils known to civilized nations, and is, moreover, the foundation of a great...
It is proposed that a memorial bust of Carlyle be presented to Edinburgh University, of which institution he was an Alumnus and a Lord Rector. Eminent Scotchmen are on the committee which has been formed to carry forward the proposition, Lord Aberdeen being one of them.