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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...lower sense it is also practically useful. For it is also a study of style. We win from it the secret of expression, we learn how shallow artifice is and how wearisome it becomes, we learn also how profound is Art, and how it is able to eternize the thought, the fancy, the feeling of some man who has been dust for centuries...
...learn of the amount of aid brought to needy students who are struggling to put themselves through the different departments of the University would astonish outsiders and would, for that matter, surprise most Harvard men. We do not refer to the scholarships, the loan fund, and the like, the benefit of which is well-known; but to the quiet work done by individuals for those who are seen to be in need of help. Wealthy men here, not generally given the reputation of having concern for their fellow-students, have been known time and again to give large sums...
...showed weakness where steadiness was most needed. The batting was puny, and the fielding erratic. As usual, however, the worst feature was the head work. The nine did such work in base-running and in attempting put-outs as would have been expected from men just beginning to learn the game. Harvard men could not but be ashamed of these childish plays
...newly appointed watchmen do not yet fully understand the difference between things which are allowable and those which are objectionable; but will, I trust, soon learn to distinguish between a Glee Club concert and a "boisterous demonstration...
...last is needed bravery and firmness. There is always temptation to be faced, trials and dangers to be met,- without independence and a firm courage we cannot do it. Next is the ox, the being standing for strength brought under discipline. To be acceptable to God we must learn to sacrifice our own desires, to submit to His will. The third being had the face of a man, and the chief attribute of man is intelligence. We cannot do anything without intelligence. We can have no guide but our reason and in all things we must use this...