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...Bernard, the mystic. Here Dante has no more need of theology's aid; here he sees the final vision of God--all operations of the universe working through the power of divine love; here the teaching of "Paradiso" is consummated: "Would you enter into the kingdom of God, then, lean to love...
...work of the Freshman crew has also been retarded, and still shows plenty of room for improvement. The boat seems to lean to starboard and does not go along as smoothly as might be wished...
...have been picked for their size and weight, in the hope that watermanship can be taught them. Under this principle, the present efficiency of the material matters comparatively little, but the great responsibility of developing it falls more than ever upon the coaches. Rowing experts in general seem to lean toward the opinion that this is the best system of making crews, and it has been adopted successfully at many other colleges. This method in its application here is in measure an experiment, and, in the present dearth of old material, seems a very good...
...Remember the other person" and "Lean on your subject" are the last two precepts. The author acknowledges that he has passed by "a whole class of helpful influences" and has "assumed that our cultivation in English is to be effected by naked volition and a kind of dead lift." He recommends him who would speak or write well to "live in the society of good speakers and writers, "for the society of the greatest writers is open to the most secluded...
...reply to the gentleman that I thank heaven I have no sympathy with his sentiments, and that I hope and believe few Harvard men have. If he and those of his opinion be so void of imagination, so dried at heart, and so lean of chivalry as not to feel the stir of a single inspiration from the past at entering that contest which has been shared in by so many Harvard generations-pray let them sit upon the benches and be silent. But to be brief...