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...degrees of the hypnotic state; this variety, as great as that of persons, makes it all the more fundamental for psychology. Hypnotism is not imagination but the result of imagination; imagination is not an imaginary fact; history is so full of it that we are suspicious of a smooth story. Psychology cares only for the world of men's experiences, whether that is parallel with the physical world or not. Religious history is the record, not of what men have found in the world, but of what they have put into it; only psychology and philosophy are able...
...Hutchinson '93, then spoke on the negative. The campaign of 1884 has shown that the road to the White House is not smooth. Republics rise, grow, flourish, become corrupt and perish. Men must be nominated whose careers are of the highest order and whose characters are spotless. This speaker based the greater part of his arguments upon the charge that Mr. Blaine once prostituted his office for money, when he was the owner of certain railroad bonds...
...Hudson, and during the past few days its regatta committee have been examining suitable courses. The choice lies between a course at Newburg and one at Poughkeepsie. At Newburg a four-mile course can be obtained, sheltered from all except the east winds, so that smooth water is practically assured. The current runs at the rate of but three miles an hour and as the stream at that point is over a mile wide, all the crews can keep to the westerly shore without any one of them being favored by the channel. At Poughkeepsie the stream does not afford...
...last quarter mile the Bowdoin crew presented a remarkable sight, each man appearing to row without regard for the other seven and all slogging. On the last mile Harvard, on the other hand, got well together and exhibited remarkably smooth blade work. The only fault of the crew as a whole seemed to be a lack of drive with the legs...
...delightful day and a smooth course made it a possibility for the race of yesterday to be an ideal race in every way, but an unfortunate foul on the part of the senior crew marred the whole race, and caused the contest of yesterday to be extremely disappointing to all-save perhaps the juniors...