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...true can hardly be denied. A man of taste and fortune cannot busy himself much with the affairs of the counting-house without developing the prosaic and matter-of-fact side of his character to a disproportionate extent, and meeting on terms, perforce equal, hundreds of people whom his self-respect and pride will permit him to regard with nothing but contempt. The degradation involved in a peaceful struggle for dollars and cents with your fellow-man is, however, hardly equal to the humiliation of a life-long squabble with your butcher and your tailor, and of a constant sense...
...charge a fee of fifty dollars. This circular was followed, early in May, by another, naming the length of the session for 1875, the departments of instruction, and the instructors and lecturers engaged. Before the issue of the April circular, containing notice of the School's attempt at self-support, there had been one hundred and sixty applications; this number immediately fell to seven paying applicants. A guaranty fund of $3,000 had been raised, but this still left a probable deficit of $3,000; and a minimum of thirty paying scholars was needed. This last failure to secure funds...
...numerous applications for this summer's session at Penikese have been so much reduced by the attempt to make the School partially self-supporting, that the Trustees are forced, in order to save the institution from debt, to close it for the coming season. Since no assistance is to be expected from the State Boards of Education, in the form of scholarships or otherwise, it becomes evident that the School must be carried on either by the help of the teachers for whose advantage it is intended, or by an endowment. The gift of Mr. Anderson, however generous, only sufficed...
...except by the juvenile portion of society, causes much amusement to their elders. Not that I would have the Freshman who entered college in June without a condition forget for a moment, during the summer, that he is a member of Harvard University, and that he must deport him self with becoming dignity; nor would I hint to the Sophomore that a great many of his acquaintances have heard college songs and stories before his appearance on the scene: but I would suggest that during the summer vacation we should take in, as well as give out, a knowledge...
Character. - Self-confident and self-asserting. Strong belief in freedom of thought, and in no one who disagrees with him. Deep interest in everything tending to develop mental power, and in nothing else. Remarkable aptitude to discovery of new and astonishing theories, usually founded upon a priori reasoning. Conversation varied, and covering all topics, but sure to assume witheringly sarcastic tone, if opposing theories or arguments not strictly original are advanced. Great admiration for "lights of the age," and desire to be considered as such. Amusing for short time, but apt to become a bore. Generally honest, but utterly destitute...