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...judge Charles William Eliot aright, you must put out of mind his titles, his honors, and his successes. These have been but happy accidents. They reflect credit on the community to which he belonged, and the times in which he lived; but they throw little light on his character. That he was elected President of Harvard College was surprising; that he made a success of his new work was more surprising. For he had not what was usually recognized as an academic mind. Like Wordsworth, he had "to create the taste by which he was appreciated...
There are two kinds of men obnoxious in any community. Both are to be found in our universities, where they reflect a spirit for no value to their country. One is the student, about to offer his services, who regards the little remaining time which he must spend at college as a period in which he need exert no effort. The other is the student who, safe within his college walls, finds life but a daily round of routine and petty pleasure. He reads morning headlines as of passing concern. The evolutions of the day are a kind of motion...
...harmless tinklings. The section of war poems is interesting. Surely here, I thought, will be poems that show the heart and imagination of our colleges astir and aflame. But the poems selected are all of a neutral tinge and most of them of a pacifist taint; possibly they reflect the personal prejudices and predilections of Mr. Schnittkind. There is not one that breathes the spirit of hearty indignation, healthy hate, and noble devotion that I believe animates most American college men in these days--and that must have been expressed in much college verse...
...does not surprise us to learn that the general uneasiness and unsettlement of working habits which prevailed in the College last spring, during the early months of the war, appears to be giving place to a steadier gait. It would be far stranger if the College community failed to reflect the spirit in which many students must have taken up their work this year--a spirit of realization that they belonged in College just now because this is the very place where they can make themselves of the most value in the long run. This is a thought calculated...
...feel in times of peace that we are above patriotism. The coming of war only proves how sacred it is, especially when it is directed toward the good of the entire world. They who feel that the boundaries of the United States are too confined for their sympathies may reflect that these same Unites States are battling for principles exceeding boundaries. The country calls for money in the execution of this labor, and it is fierce, dangerous, killing, as well as costly labor. Today will see this government's demands more than fulfilled...