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...test, for other and more difficult studies, and is a living type on which we may build our theories. Its application is practical enough. The habit of comparison and inquiry which it forms finds daily exercise, and cannot be too highly cultivated; and in our age, when a man of culture cannot exist without the knowledge of at least two languages besides his own, the theory of language is, or should be, of some importance to him. It guards him from the error, so frequently met with in earlier times, of guessing at an etymology, or of establishing...
...rowing at the spring races would serve to develop it early in the season, which is well known to be an advantage; the class crews, inasmuch as it would present to each individual member a higher goal to be worked for. So that the height of ambition for a man that stood no chance for the University would not have been reached when he had succeeded in getting on his class crew; while a lasting advantage would be gained if it increased the number of rowing men, - as it would seem natural that it should, - and provided more and better...
...positive in its effects. It is almost inevitable, even with the best instructors, that, through long service, they fall into certain mechanical methods of teaching, of which they are not themselves aware, but which are injurious in the extreme to the student, and can only be detected by a man from the outer world. The really striking and important points of a subject - those which, if pointed out with enthusiasm, would at once interest the student - are too often passed over, and comments made only on insignificant details. This failing is, of course, the most natural thing in the world...
This quotation needs no comment. The technical, almost quibbling manner in which the classics are sometimes treated is in danger of running their study into the ground; and unless a man pursues his reading outside of the class-room, even a four years' election of classics will afford no general idea of this field of literature...
...itself, has resulted in a demand for special education. The same spirit which keeps from college the young men intended for business pursuits, even in college requires them to follow certain studies as a preparation for their particular vocation in life; thus regarding man as a mere machine whose chief function is the getting of his daily bread, and not as a mind of infinite capabilities to be developed symmetrically in all its energies. As the report wisely remarks, a general education "instead of being less, is more necessary for men designed for certain callings." It quotes Mr. Agassiz...