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...subject of this reform movement there seem to be an astonishing lack of literature. Except for Emerson's essay on "New England Reformers," nothing has been written to show what transcendentalism really was; for though Frothingham wrote what professed to be a history of the movement, he was not fully in sympathy with his subject...
...absence of definite knowledge is due to the vague nature of the reform. It was neither a doctrine nor a tangible belief, but rather an impulse of self-emancipation, hampered to some extent by the conservatism of the day. Coming as a reaction from the old Puritan theology, it excited a storm of abuse and persecution as furious as it was undeserved. Theodore Parker, the leader of the party, held views on the interpretation of the Scriptures which would today be considered the reverse of radical; and yet these same views prevented his election to the Phi Beta Kappa...
...platform was adopted containing the following principles: Opposition to imperialism, to the present tariff rate, to trusts, and to an increase of the army; support of free trade for Porto Rico, of the reduction of the war tax, of an increase of the navy, of civil service reform, and of the gold standard...
...Atlantic Monthly for May contains an article entitled "School Reform" in which Professor Munsterberg, after giving some interesting school reminiscences, argues against the elective system in schools and advocates the employment of competent teachers. In the same number an essay by Mr. J. H. Gardiner on "The Father of English Prose Style" traces the influence of the life and character of William Tyndale on the prose of the English Bible. Other articles by Harvard men are "An Ode in Time of Hesitation," by William Vaughn Moody '93, and a book review by Henry Childs Merwin...
...That in a contest between McKinley and Dewey for the presidency, all good citizens should support McKinley." Heilprin's camp has the affirmative and Foster's the negative. May 17--"Resolved, That President McKinley's civil service order of May 29, 1899, was a backward step in civil service reform." Foster's camp has the affirmative, Heilprin's the negative...