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...Anson Phelps Stokes. In a wider sense still, bimetallism might embrace the considertion of everything which relates to the cost and conditions of production of gold and silver; to their consumption and use; to the economic principles governing prices; to the legal regulations as to the export of precious metals, to coinage and seigniorage, to legal tender in payment of debt;- all these as far as they affect the relation of the two metals named in their use as money...
...comprise only one-eighth of the whole amount of instruction offered by Harvard College. The "other seven-eighths," he observes, "although indispensable for an institution with the resources and aims of Harvard College, are really provided at great cost, first to meet the wants of a comparatively small but precious minority, and secondly to meet the higher part of the needs of the great majority,- higher needs which are few in comparison with the number of their lower needs." Surely this is a statement of great significance...
...this eighth meets the chief want of the great majority of the students, and the other seven-eighths, although indispensable for an institution with the resources and aims of Harvard College, are really provided at great cost, first to meet the intellectual wants of a comparatively small but precious minority and secondly to meet the higher needs of the great majority.- higher needs which are few in comparison with their lower needs...
...captured the southern defence from behind after a sharp fight. He had a footing, and supplies were slowly coming around. But the work was only half done. Johnston had collected a new force in Jackson, Miss. Pemberton himself, commander at Vicksburg, was almost as strong as Grant. Time was precious...
...wakens energies in them hitherto latent, and makes them startlingly aware that they too may be parts of the controlling purpose of the world. A book may be great in other ways than as a lesson in form, and it may be for other qualities that it is most precious...