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...must admit that these advantages, allowing them the greatest weight, prove no more than that it would be a kind and fair thing to help the unstudious to a little knowledge that they perhaps would not otherwise get; and to put the studious in such a position that they may get the best return for their work. But if the syllabus were given out at the beginning of the year, these results could be reached as well, or even better; for it would then serve as an index, or table of contents, to the work to be done, and some...
...offer of this kind, since there would be little or no expense to the College, should not be gladly accepted is hard to conjecture. It would be well for the Juniors, "by and with the advice and consent of the Faculty," to take precautions early, lest the Yard may present a similar sorry appearance on their Class...
...hurled back the remarks to which we have alluded, instancing the fact of the crowded assemblies in Appleton Chapel on those occasions when simple eloquence and hearty zeal were the characteristics of the preacher. The different modes of address employed by the two gentlemen to whom we have alluded may be taken in illustration of the power which man exercises over his fellows, and of the force of plain dignified truth as opposed to specious eloquence...
...than his grandfather of the preceding century. There seems to have been in all times a disposition to rail at collegians for inattention to public devotion. The students need live teaching and preaching as much as other large congregations of the world, since this never fails to attract. Examples may be readily given to illustrate this remark, taken from three Christian churches of differing religious views...
...coming generations is the relation of Capital and Labor, about which ignorant men talk at random, and politicians make buncombe speeches; but nobody knows facts enough to give a valuable opinion. It is the facts which General Oliver's bureau is trying to obtain, and if we may trust what he has already collected, a thorough reformation is needed in the condition of the laboring classes. The oppression of the poorer class by Capital is none the less real because of such a nature that it is more felt than seen. To those who wish to investigate these subjects...