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...undetected after he has given the last touch to his work. The reason for this principle is like the second of the ten given in support of the first principle. If the artist, leaving his work complete, escapes entirely undetected, then his deed is a mysterious horror, and no man can be sure that the fate of the subject will not be his own. The murderer has done his work cleanly and skilfully (we will say), and is gone. No one knows who he is, what are his motives, what are his resources of courage and experience, or where...
...caught. Why, then all mystery flies away at once, and the horror created by the murder is diminished. People discover that the, before unknown, death-dealer is not the weird and relentless creature of their imagination, but a certain Mr. Thompson or Johnson, a small, mild-looking man, perchance, who has heretofore borne the best of characters, and who was doubtless actuated by exceptional motives of animosity in this case. They are sure, now, that they shall not be killed by this man, and they flatter themselves that his capture and punishment will be a good lesson to other artists...
...gratifying to the remainder, who, after waiting for the work of devastation to be completed by these Vandals, are obliged to chew the cud of sweet and bitter fancy as consolation for the loss of the best parts of their reading matter. It is astonishing to us how any man who has the least respect for himself can filch articles from papers, knowing all the while that he is depriving other men of their share in the privileges to which, as members of the Reading-Room Association, they are entitled. Furthermore, this mutilation spoils not only the piece from which...
...view of this fact, a good general knowledge of a subject is all that can be expected and fairly demanded of a Freshman. Indeed, it is a question whether a good general knowledge should not be sufficient to carry a man through his entire course, while more remarkable exhibitions of scholarly attainment should be reserved for the honor papers. This Freshman paper in Geometry, however, is a long succession of mathematical puzzles; and we are informed that the scale of marks has been so low that nearly one hundred members of the class are in imminent danger of conditions...
...THERE is not a building, nor a corner of a building, with which a Harvard man can have any pleasant associations from beauty of architecture." This is lamentable, but undeniable. Harvard College, in its present condition, is a wilderness of brick and mortar, and is only saved from positive ugliness by its venerable elms and shady lawns. Aside from architectural grace, most of our buildings are composed of that ugliest of materials, - red brick. A red brick building never becomes venerable, - it merely grows dingy. No amount of smoke, mould, or historic interest, can improve such a structure in appearance...