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...duties of every-day life. It is so even in religion. Religion is everywhere seeking ingress to the heart of man, and the knowledge of Christ is ready for those who are willing to search. The door is open, but no one enters. We can liken to this our modern discoveries. The knowledge of electricity, of the telegraph and telephone has been knocking from time immemorial at the minds of men; but it was not until some great man threw open the doors of his intellect to these things, and gave them ingress, that they became known to the world...
...help being amazed at the thought of this vast array of learning being crammed into a three years' course, but it is probable that the studies were very superficial, for we have evidence that the education afforded by the early college by no means equalled that furnished by the modern preparatory school...
...Resolved, That modern civilization demands the abolition of large standing armies by the European States...
...allow of this broader treatment. But in branches like history, political economy and the classics, the inexact sciences in a word, it is not only admissible but thoroughly valuable. The pedantically inclined may cry out against the omission of details and the substitution of "glittering generalisation" but the more modern educationalists cannot fail to welcome the new departure...
...most interesting numbers on the programme. It is one of the best modern compositions which Gericke has offered us for some time. It's great strength lies in the rich and intelligent orchestration and in the intensely dramatic and vivid manner in which the fate Desdemona is portrayed. The composer has adhered to strictly his own ideas and by doing so he has given us a most delightful and refreshing piece of music. The overture to Tannhaeuser made a very fitting close. It was given with great warmth and vigor the conductor allowing the bass more freedom than...