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...which I never saw in other women, whom contact with the social world makes selfish. Here was a woman who, during the twenty years of her life, had met with no more than a score of human beings. Yet she possessed the germ of those pure inborn gifts which cultivation can mock, but never equal. She could analyze the beauty of forest scenery; but she criticised it intuitively, not by reason. She did not know that this was a rare gift. She was not conscious of her powers, and did not know but that every woman was stirred to deep...
...henceforth, if, as it seems, they have not heretofore. By inspecting the list of scholarships published in the Catalogue, one cannot help believing that they were awarded exclusively according to the rank list, though not a single donor, excepting the class of 1821, imposed any such conditions upon his gift; and that there are eleven scholarships, though apparently available, not assigned this year. This being true, we cannot escape the conclusion that the authorities, while thinking that they were carrying out the provisions of the donors, have not done so in every case. For, notwithstanding the modest statement...
...unable to do so. About these subscriptions, then, as well as some others, there is, and very properly, more or less obligation. But the College Fund is not on a par with these, and a subscription to it should not be regarded as a duty performed, but as a gift freely given. It has been so regarded, to some extent at least, in the past; but it does no harm to call attention to the matter again...
...Gymnasium is now finished, and members of the University can show their appreciation of Mr. Hemenway's magnificent gift in no better way than by using its advantages daily throughout the winter. The building is perfect for its purpose, and the man at its head is both an accomplished gymnast and an educated physician. Dr. Sargent brings to Harvard the results of a long and successful experience, and feels confident that he can greatly improve the standard of our gymnastic exhibitions...
...think that he should be credited with having paid already a subscription of $200. If a man, after he has established himself in the world, feels that he owes much of his success to his college education, it is a graceful act upon his part to make a gift to the College. But this is the part of the older graduates, not of the younger ones...