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...public on the stage," and the effort was a complete failure; for the moment he began he became embarrassed and burst into tears. His antipathy to public declamation was unsurmountable; and in bearing testimony to this fact, he once uttered the following words: "I believe I made tolerable progress in most branches which I attended to while in this school, but there was one thing I could not do-I could not make a declamation; I could not speak before the school. Many a piece did I commit to memory, and recite and rehearse over and over again; yet, when...
...gives most carefully drawn pictures of the men who were distinguished in this field. But the study of the past does not blind this author to the demand of to day. The historical development of the last three centuries, he says, may be defined as a slow but steady progress toward the formation of a distinct modern culture, separating itself gradually from the ancient civilization out of which it grew. To day this modern society has reached its maturity. To Erasmus the ancients were models of living; even Goethe considered the Greeks as unattainable ideals of beauty and greatness...
...stands substantially correct to day as regards position. The growth of all American libraries has, however, been rapid during the last few years and large numbers of books have been added to almost all the collegiate libraries. Take our own for an example and it shows the following rapid progress. In 1876 the Harvard library contained 227,650 volumes, in 1881 these figures had increased to 259,000, and in the present catalogue the number of volumes...
...second trial of candidates for the Pierian Sodality after the Christmas recess. The following instruments are needed: First violins, viola, double bass, trombone, second flute and piccolo, oboe, bassoon and kettledrum. As we said above, this benefit concert is merely a suggestion, which may be carried out if the progress of the Association warrants...
...progress of events in our present foot ball complications is watched with deep interest by the Yale press...