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...domestic's room. My disappointment was keen. The lady explained that one of her servants had been suddenly taken ill, and, as her family physician was out of town, she had called me. I felt of the servant's pulse, and counted 323 beats per minute. Then, taking from my pocket a little vial of homoeopathic pills which I chanced to have, I dissolved one in a tumblerful of water, and told her to take a teaspoonful every three hours. While preparing the decoction I innocently asked how Miss Rosalie was this afternoon. "Rosalie who?" replied the lady, "there...
...Maude is a student of philosophy, and, with a truly Spencerean somersault of logic, he reduces me ad absurdum. The burden of his proof is that "J. N. M." contradicts himself. Think of this! I charge the Brethren with halfness, with not having bravery enough to take a decided stand, either Orthodox or Liberal; with leaving its constitution in such a way that no Unitarian or Universalist can, with self respect, join the society - for such could be members not by virtue of a clean-cut statement of the constitution, but by its "fair" interpretation, which means by twisting...
...unheard-of innovation has been introduced at Harvard. A professor actually allowed his students to take an examination without proctors, trusting to the honor of his men! This was done in the age of "elective" studies, "voluntary" recitations, and reserved-book thieves. It is idle to inquire how this came about. Meanwhile, the query suggests itself, If one instructor trusts his men in Philosophy, why should not others trust them in History, Mathematics, Physics, and what not? Or has Philosophy such a charm about itself that in its sublime presence men will adhere to truth? We suggest these questions...
...arrived, and mutually abandoned it with a feeling of relief and "good riddance." This ending was a great relief also to the managers of the Harvard-Yale race, who, after urging that at least a week's interval ought to elapse between the two events, had finally agreed to take charge of the Freshmen's race on the third day following...