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...gives men of moderate ability many facilities for success. But art as an educator and an active power in the elevation and refinement of mankind no longer makes itself felt. Its best productions, instead of enriching the people at large, are sold to private individuals who can afford to pay the fancy prices asked, and are thus lost to the world. So it happens that men of the present day are as much indebted to the old masters as any before them; and were it not for the museums of Europe, in which their masterpieces are happily preserved, it would...
...Every tax is levied at the time and in the manner in which it is most convenient for the contributor to pay it. So that
...invent are infinite. But although there was always some money in the box, it seemed to me that pretty large amounts disappeared regularly, and I was at a loss to account for them, until I detected my chum in subscribing for the latest scientific work by Cowan, and paying for it out of the charity-fund. I earnestly remonstrated, telling him I thought Mr. B -, the agent, was rather a fine-appearing mendicant. I remembered then that my chum had been purchasing quite a library within a few weeks. He promised better things, but after that I was suspicious...
This recklessness of a few has brought its evils upon all; for it has made the generosity of students proverbial, and we are all looked upon as young Croesuses, and no price is too high for a student to pay...
...generous heart compels him to cry "Come in" at every knock on his door. Many a time has he sold his best coat - for the wretches will hardly look at an old one - at about one nineteenth of its value, and then been wheedled into taking his pay in cheap vases simply to get rid of his tormentors...