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...would have us dissect each picture; and, if we find a superfluous line or a bit of avoidable coloring, class any painting in which it may appear among the works of base and degraded artists, without regard to its general effect and the impression it produces upon...
...search the grammar for the peculiar technical reason for an uncommon use of a subjunctive, or to give a long dissertation on the ground of a Grecian author's choice of the infinitive with av instead of the optative. It was supposed that the average student had sufficient general knowledge of grammatical principles, after four or five years of careful preparation, to dispense with comments and questions on the syntax of ordinary sentences; and was able, if not invariably to have every grammatical term at his tongue's end, at least to have enough familiarity with the fundamental principles...
Early in the Freshman year those who profess a love of study and of scholarship are persecuted by a merciless prejudice; later this is changed, and the fine scholar, before he graduates, is honored with general respect. Various circumstances combine to cause this change, but all have their root in reflection upon the part of the students. They see that men of learning are esteemed in society; or perhaps they ask themselves the question, "What am I to do after graduating?" Any such thing does all that was necessary, that is, excites thought; then the boyish prejudices by degrees grow...
...more attention to the system and the matter of their lectures. For the sake of exact scholarship, many things must always be given in the class-room of interest only to the specialist; if others find these notes too soporific for endurance, they will have their time for more general study in their rooms, such as the tutors may advise...
...would be decried as much as the other. For many ideas are forced upon the memory without being understood, and whenever this is done evil surely results. My experience, which I think is not peculiar, is that it is best to neglect in great measure the recitations, till a general idea of the whole matter and of the relation of its parts to one another is impressed on the mind. Then, by several reviews, minute, thorough knowledge can be gained with great ease and no injury. If President Eliot's suggestions are acted upon, there will be, no doubt, much...