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...German Schopenhauer; and as to the general futility of any philosophical theory in stopping the processes of thought, the name of Spinoza is instructive as a believer in the doctrine, of all others, to stop effort, - I refer to the theory of Universal Necessity. I should, however, scarce think of seriously refuting such ludicrous reasoning as the writer in the last Advocate indulges himself in upon this subject, but subjoin it as a specimen of the inaccurate and hasty writing of that martinet in logic: "Such facts . . . . are unhealthy; they need to be supplemented by what Heine would call enthusiasm...
...example of our English cousins. We have often heard, and oftener felt, the justness of the complaint that no one can "sport his-oak" here without running the risk of offending any of his friends who may happen to knock and not be admitted. A student is apt to think, when a man shows he is unable to work with him sitting by idle, and interrupting with a remark now and then, that he is considered a bore, and, if endowed with a fair amount of sensitiveness, withdraws, feeling little less hurt than if he had not been admitted...
...Harry, don't bubble over so; you 'd better go down to the Gymnasium and cool off. I think Harvard will pull through pretty well...
...extended, if the interest taken in it warranted its extension, and the works of Dante read, together with those perhaps of Goethe and Schiller, and other great authors not previously announced. The course would be curtailed only in case the interest of the audience seemed to languish. We hardly think it necessary to impress strongly on undergraduates that with them depends the success of this undertaking, for it is impossible for us to believe that they can be so blind to their own good as to neglect such a golden opportunity for liberal culture...
...could only conquer this school-boy fear of talking to a room full of people, I think that we should soon see the results in the increased efficiency of our officers. They would no longer feel that they are left almost entirely to their own judgment, and that all sins of omission or commission will be covered by the vague excuse that they did their best. Even if they are our friends, it certainly can do them no harm to ask an explanation of their actions, while, if they are not well known to the majority, a vote of want...