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There will be daily service in the rooms of the society, 17 Grays, at 1.40 P. M., except on Wednesday, when it will be at 7 P. M., and Saturday at 8.45 A. M. Arrangements have been made whereby members of the society can substitute attendance at these services for morning prayers in Appleton Chapel. All members wishing to do this are requested to notify me before Saturday. A course of three or four addresses will be given during Lent by clergymen of Boston and its neighborhood. The particulars will be announced in due time...
...members who have not already subscribed, nothing, probably, can be expected from them, except from those who have omitted to subscribe through negligence. Those who have intentionally given nothing have estimated, it is likely, the benefit which the society will be to them, and will not be induced to subscribe from unwillingness that the society should go to pieces. It is only from new members that substantial aid can be expected, (apart from the increase previous subscriptions). Of new members, a considerable number must join the society. It is the duty of every man, therefore, who has not joined...
Section 2d. "Except those wounded" omitted...
...does not know that, for he does not know it in its relation to other things. What a college ought to give is a liberal education, preparatory to special studies and pursuits. Latin and Greek should be retained as the basis, or rather the beginning, of such an education, except for those who are so constituted mentally that they can never do anything with languages. But Latin and Greek should be used, not as fields for grammatical gymnastics, but as the keys to the treasures which they unlock...
Grammars should be wholly discarded, except by those who intend to become scientific and professional lingists. The dead languages should be taught as the living ones are. Pupils should be made to read rapidly and much, so as to acquire ease and facility. By the time a boy enters college he ought to be able to read most Latin and the simpler Greek authors fluently and intelligently. Then he should be taught something of the literatures, ideas, sentiments, manners, philosophies and arts of ancient civilization. In addition to Latin and Greek, or in some cases in substitution for them, certain...