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Miss H. (Aside.) Most learned man...
...fail to see why a man could not take English 2 a second time, as well as a Greek course in which different plays by the same author are read. The Clouds of Aristophanes is read in Greek 2, and the Frogs in Greek 9. Why not prevent a man from taking the latter after the former...
...Harvard Union; and am very sorry that it will not be in my power to accept it. I am always glad to find an interest in public questions among the students, and to have them consider thoughtfully their duties as citizens of free States. And while I think every man should take a side in politics, he need not, and ought not, to be so much of a partisan as to forbear to denounce and disavow unworthy methods and corrupt men, wherever found...
...making a choice between the political parties which now divide the country, my advice to a young man would be, to ally himself with that which seemed to his best judgment the party of hope and progress, - the party of the future. While neither is free from disreputable elements, or can escape from adverse criticism, he should look to see which has for the great body of its supporters the greater number of those who believe in equality before the law, popular education, good morals, and social progress. Having made his choice, he will have an ample field for constant...
GREAT is the art of verse-making, and much to be desired! It is the art of arts, - the constant vehicle for the burning thoughts of mankind. It is the art which every Harvard man would do well to cultivate, if he wish to distinguish himself and perhaps become even an editor of a College paper. But to make good verses - that is, good Harvard verses - requires considerable skill and tact; not genius, nothing so vulgar and trivial as genius...