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Again, when he concludes that "the final classification of the motives is the classification of pleasurable and painful feeling," he misrepresents men in many of their actions. Not to value human nature too highly, we can at least lay claim to some better motives than these. We should be unwilling...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MR. BAIN'S MENTAL SCIENCE. | 6/5/1874 | See Source »

I must repeat that this sport is expensive at any rate, and especially so for the first season, but it is invigorating and full of excitement, and has something wild and unique about it that recommends it to the sportsman.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SALMON FISHING. | 6/5/1874 | See Source »

In our days, if a young man has been brilliant in his studies, or even if he has obtained some prize for a Latin poem or Greek theme, it is enough to make him persuade himself that he is born for something other than business or industry of any kind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRENCH CORRESPONDENCE. | 5/22/1874 | See Source »

The way the plan works in practice is this. The men may be divided roughly into two classes, - the first consisting of those who know little or nothing about the subject, the second, of those better informed. Members of the first class calculate how many pages they can write in...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PURE CRAMMING. | 5/22/1874 | See Source »

That's May 32d! - Quick, something to drink!

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT IT HAS COME TO. | 5/22/1874 | See Source »