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...tenaciously to the classical system of education, or, at least, in recognizing the value of greater breadth, to place English much further down in the scale of (merit than it deserved. But with certain changes which have been made in the establishment of honors in English, a new and happier spirit has prevailed, of which this latest announcement of additional courses in the English department is one of the fruits...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New English Courses at Harvard. | 5/28/1887 | See Source »

...possible to conceive of a sin that tempts one like laziness, the temptation of living for ourselves alone without the trouble to care for others. May one of the great principals of every student present be, let every one try to make the life of his fellows better and happier, recognizing that "God's eye is upon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Appleton Chapel. | 5/9/1887 | See Source »

...Variety and the element of uncertainty in his work are also attractive. There is no science which the engineer does not lay under tribute. He has as a result of his work, that he is contributing to the general prosperity, and is making the lives of his fellow men happier, safer and more profitable to themselves. The pecuniary rewards of the profession are very good. Engineering is a working, growing and advancing profession. It offers contest, excitement, victory. Can a man ask more from fortune...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Prof. Chaplin's Lecture. | 3/10/1886 | See Source »

...means of subsistence with the least effort on their part. Had they only learned the lesson that man's happiness does not depend upon the height to which he rises, but to the well performance of that duty, however humble, which falls to his lot, they would have been happier men and better citizens...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/18/1886 | See Source »

...Their life is our life. Our life is theirs. They know it, and we know it. Man of work or man of letters, our duty is the same-to lift up what has fallen down, to build higher the courses of the national life, to see to-morrow better, happier, stronger than...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/18/1885 | See Source »

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