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...STYLE O'GRAF...
...discriminating editors of the Register show their good intentions and appreciation of the fit by adopting as their motto the classic phrase from Byron, "I won't philosophize and I will be read?" And yet, we take it, still in a measure we have inherited something of the style and frequent felicity of expression possessed by these predecessors of ours, and the traditional literary bent of Harvard is by no means lost today. The Register of 1827 lived only two years (striking coincidence with a later case), but in that time it did its full share of literary work...
There is a very noticeable flavor in these Register articles of the style and habits of thought of the English eighteenth century. Perhaps Dr. Holmes acquired his alleged Pope-like style from the practice of his college days in this sort of writing. If we were to quote certain passages from this book credited to their true authors, we fear we should be held for high treason; for what a ludicrous lowering of dignities there would be! If it were to be known that an overseer of Harvard once penned Horatian stanzas of the following sort, where would all authority...
...course we had some rhymes of this style, lately prevalent...
...Fifth Sophomore Theme is due March 23, to be followed soon by the Sixth. Subjects: A Criticism of the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas; The Story of Fort Sumter; Dickens' Faults in Style; Objections to Theme Writing; A Discussion of the Principles of the Structure of the Sentence and the Paragraph; The Aims of the Civil Service Reform...