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...shameful scramble and struggle for academic distinction here, and of the desire to rush through college so as to be "out in the world," as the phrase is, there is prevalent among us a lamentable lack of knowledge of the topography and history of spots neighboring to Cambridge. Though hardly aware of it, almost every step we take in this vicinity is on hallowed ground; nor can we cross Cambridge bridge to the Athens of to-day, without walking streets which are as rich in historic associations and priceless traditions of virtue as any old burgh in Europe. In fact...
After all, though, ostracism is not very practicable at present; and I have in mind a much less troublesome system of getting rid of disagreeable people, which I am not rich enough to put into practice. At the same time some of my readers may be able and willing to do so. The plan is very simple. All you need is a large house, a steep staircase, and a pair of hobnailed shoes. The house is a sort of decoy. You invite the man that you don't like to dine with you, or inveigle him into your power...
...picked up my Demonology. "Poor ghost!" I thought, "though perhaps rightly punished, his case is a hard one. Were his story more widely known, I am sure that there is not a man in college who would not, to relieve this spirit's pain, give up some of his own pleasures, even that of going to prayers...
Second, the conduct of the writer is justifiable. Let me give the instance of my friend, for whose spiritual comfort this is partly written, though partly, of course, to encourage others to go and do likewise. I will give it in his own words. He says...
...talking, one evening, with a member of the present Senior class about the relative merits of Spencer and Mill. I said, "On the whole, I prefer Mill. The stream of Spencer's mind, though being so broad, is of necessity shallow; while on the points that Mill has touched you feel that completeness characteristic of a master mind." "No," he said, " I prefer Spencer. His philosophy is cosmic. You feel a completeness of a higher kind here than in Mill." "By the way," said I, "what books of Spencer have you read?" "Well," he said, "I can't exactly...