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...honor to himself and to the University that trained him. He always retained a keen interest in the University, and especially in the departments that touched philosophical and social subjects. The gift in his memory of the money for the United States History Library at once fills an urgent need in an important branch of study, and forms an appropriate memorial to one of the ablest and most loyal of the younger graduates...
...movement so earnestly begun. Here, indeed, is a chance for true charity. If a man cannot give much, let him give little. The committee, with excellent taste and judgment, have so arranged matters that the amount of anyone's contribution will be known only to himself. So no one need be ashamed to give but a small...
...their rooms. Exactly such cases are comparatively rare, I know, because generally there will be some one to make friends with them. But why should we allow a state of things to exist at all, which infuses bitterness into the lives of many of our fellow-students? It need take no great sacrifice on our part to be genial and kind to worthy fellow-students, even if they are poor and of a rough exterior...
...does not seem that we are unreasonable in making one more appeal to the generosity and to the patriotism as well, of all who call themselves Harvard students. No man but can give something, and no one but himself need know whether it be much or little. The box at the Co-operative is always ready. The meeting will succeed, have succeeded already; the only question is, shall the credit be due to us who will receive it, or shall we let others step forward and save...
...control and the sort of people to whom he is to minister. In general terms, I should say that in fitting one's self for work in a miscellaneous library the best thing to be proficient in is literary history and general bibliography. As to languages, one need hardly hope to do his duty without a working knowledge of French and German; and Latin is of great help in dealing with various other languages. There is no language without new help accompanying its acquisition...