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...club crews are at present constituted as follows, and it is doubtful if there will be any further changes...
...circumstances are not affluent, and were it not for the pecuniary emolument of my present employment I should have to deny myself many aids to the spiritual life, e. g. I find that I can enjoy fashionable church privileges in Boston, which I should otherwise be obliged to forego, to the very great detriment of my moral nature; and many other things of like sort. Now, can any one doubt," he went on, "that the spiritual gain more than outweighs the spiritual loss in this case, to say nothing of the fine example of my public acts of virtue, while...
...into these examinations; and it is by no means impossible that a time will soon come when to graduate without honors will be as much a sign of a loafer as to take them now is the sign of having done hard work. Many a man graduates at present without honors who has made excellent use of his time during the four years of his course. There can be no doubt that the standard of the University would be raised decidedly, if more men cared for academical distinction. The reason that they do not is to be found...
...From present appearances the race will be closely contested, at all events, and it is greatly to be hoped that the crews will do all in their power to prevent the contest from degenerating into a mere scratch-race...
...talking, one evening, with a member of the present Senior class about the relative merits of Spencer and Mill. I said, "On the whole, I prefer Mill. The stream of Spencer's mind, though being so broad, is of necessity shallow; while on the points that Mill has touched you feel that completeness characteristic of a master mind." "No," he said, " I prefer Spencer. His philosophy is cosmic. You feel a completeness of a higher kind here than in Mill." "By the way," said I, "what books of Spencer have you read?" "Well," he said, "I can't exactly...