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Should any Harvard man see fit to attach reproach to our action, I wish to be held responsible for that action, claiming, however, the merit, if there...
...continual contemplation of merely one subject or set of subjects, defeat the object of honors by warping, more than disciplining and cultivating, the mind. Undoubtedly the age and antecedents of the student determine the advisability of such a course. All that can safely be said is that, for a man of little general reading, little knowledge beyond the text-books of the first two years in college, the exclusiveness of an honor course is extremely deleterious; to a more generally read man, extremely beneficial...
...Every man of catholic literary taste admires the classics; the masterpieces of Italian literature are worth a careful perusal; and Mr. Lowell always expressed a great admiration for the genius of Cervantes; and of course there are profundity of thought, poetic beauty, and felicity of description in French and German authors as well as in our own tongue. This country as yet has no class of regular litterateurs, as Paris and London have; but it is probable that, with the growth of the country, such a class is rapidly growing. Our College has in the past sent forth more eminent...
...then, should such a man, having little taste for history or philosophy, or rather a greater love for literature, not be allowed special honors in general literature, without confining himself to classics or modern languages? Why would not the stimulus and incentive for honors in some such courses as Greek 9, 11; Latin 5, 8; Italian 3; English 2; and either English 3 or Spanish 3 be just as beneficial, to a man of a purely literary temperament, as the courses laid out in history or philosophy or mathematics for men who have tastes in that direction only...
...Sibley has been connected with our Library thirty-six consecutive years, besides one year after graduation as Assistant, - a period longer than any one man has had connection with it; and during this period he has unquestionably done more for it than any other two men combined. The Library without him would have been "Hamlet" with the Prince of Denmark left...