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...served their own generation by the will of God, and fell on sleep." Now how can we serve our country, how can we too be patriots? Each one of us has something to do with the moulding of public opinion and the choosing of our leaders. Let us all stand for national honesty and for justice. If we hear of corruption in politics let us not be too hasty to condemn. Remember that those in authority represent the spirit of the time and if that is at fault who is to blame more than...
Lastly, what is our duty in matters of religion? Here our first care must be always to stand for religious liberty. Never let matters of church and state be confused. Not only would the acknowledgement of some form of religion by the state be unfair to others but it would take away all need for energy and independent action...
...costumes than the English. Doubtless the influence at work in the gymnasium is apt to make one a bit neglectful. But after a moment's reflection any one must realize that a sleeveless rowing shirt, however immaculate, is not the best thing in which to appear before the grand stand at a ball game...
...that men who pass examinations by their aid do not do the work for which the Faculty gives degrees. While it is perfectly true that seminars might be rightly used, and may perhaps be so used by one man in twenty, the fact remains that to most men they stand as a last resort in case their regular work is neglected. That the existence of this last resort tends to the neglect of regular work is undeniable...
...educated in the common schools of Framingham and was a graduate of the Framingham academy and high school, class of '87. The year 1887-88 he spent at the Phillips. Exeter Academy, entering Harvard in the autumn. Throughout his course at Harvard he took excellent stand, paying especial attention to the classics and to history. At graduation he received honorable mention in Greek and in history, and among the commencement parts was assigned a disquisition. Howe led a thoroughly quiet, studious life at Cambridge and on that account was never prominent in a social way, but he was greatly beloved...