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...been intellectual, they have been content to be merely clever. It must be acknowledged that in this Puritan part of the world they have given us a new, if not an original point of view; they look upon the universe as a vast storehouse of possible amusements, and read, think and write, not in pursuit of truth, but for diversion. They all have written books; one or two of them have written well: but they are satisfied with their reputation for cleverness, and make no effort to reach anything deeper or higher...
...judgment especially, are desirable. Successful lawyers are, as a rule, honest men. Great chances don't announce themselves before hand. You must have the thing on your mind all the time if you would succeed. The law is the place of thinkers, not often of poets or artists. To think great thoughts you must be heroes as well as idealists...
...nights ago, however, we had the misfortune to be present as an unwilling auditor at one of these freshman celebrations. It is enough to say that we believe the rumor now. Some effort should be made "to let the punishment fit the crime," for without exception we think that the '89 inhabitants of the north entry of Thayer are the most objectionable set of men it was ever our experience to meet. It is true that the entry is left for the greater part of the time without the protection of a proctor, but this very fact, it would seem...
...course on the professions will be given to-night, in Sever 11, by Hon. O. W. Holmes. The subject, "The Law as a Profession," is, without doubt, more generally interesting than any of the subjects which are to follow. Particularly is this true among Harvard men, - who seem to think of the law first, and medicine, ministry, and so on, second in their attempts to choose their future occupations. Harvard actually sends more men into schools of law than into schools of any other profession, and it is very probably true that a good majority of the men in other...
...There can be no doubt that the requirements for entrance must be raised tremendously in order to effect any radical reform in the teaching given in our schools. There is much misapprehension relative to the average ages for entering a university in America and Germany. Many people seem to think that the average is much higher there than here, and that the matureness of the German students is rather attributable to that fact. But the truth of the matter is, that the mean age in Germany is hardly a year above that for entering such colleges as Harvard, Yale...