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...some points from Mr. Taine. I mention Mr. Taine, as his works have already assumed a very high position, and are probably among the most generally read histories of English literature. Byron is one of the few for whom Mr. Taine does not find a superior or even an equal in French literature, and is called by him, with genuine feeling, "le plus grand des artistes Anglais...
...great results; few of her graduates won great renown and glory. He would therefore propose that the old system be superseded by a new one, based on the principle, just read, of Division of Labor. By a systematic division of the labor of study among the four classes, advantages equal to those gained through this system in manual labor could be secured. Four studies should be pursued in College, one by each class. The question of the nature of these studies excited some debate, but finally the following plan was approved: The Freshman Class should pursue an extended and thorough...
...could never get nervous or ill-natured, could he always have before him the picture of good nature and repose which is depicted in the sleek countenance of a well-bred cow. But come, we must catch this sunset from the top of the hill. Nothing to equal this in Italy, eh? Atmosphere there is too thin, and the sky too colorless. Just look at the reflection in the pond below you. You get the effect of infinite space below as well as above, - one sea of gold imperceptibly yet rapidly shifting into all the colors of the spectroscope. What...
...declaring, with evident pride, that the standard of admission at Cornell is as high as at Vale or Harvard. The Syracuse University Herald suggests, in reply, that the Times is suffering from the jaundice and blighted hopes, and earnestly advises a protracted visit at Dryden Springs Place (which is equal to Yale or Harvard). So far the Herald has the best of it, but a broadside may be expected from the next issue of the Times...
There those grand old trees have stood for nearly a century and a half! Through the years which witnessed the struggle for emancipation from the tyranny of the mother country, the war of 1812, and, lastly, the great fight for the equal rights of the whole human race, the elms by the Granary Burying-Ground have continued to increase in beauty and strength, until they have come to be to many of us a much-loved memorial of our forefathers and their times; and in their gnarled trunks, as in the furrows of an aged warrior's face, we seem...