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...this place it is proposed to construct a fireproof building, of which each floor could be devoted to a single institution, or shared by two or more of the smaller societies. The concentration of the libraries of the various societies in one building, and, perhaps, under one general administration, would make each separate library more attractive and useful. Under the hospitable roof should be gathered the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Mass. Historical Society, The Archxological Institute of America, and a large number of other flourishing societies...
...back now and see if the theory of free will can help us out of our difficulty. If a man, solicited by given motives in a given emergency, may act in various ways; if a new force, springing uncaused into existence, becomes an agent or factor in his choice; will not the consciousness of guilt be explained? I think not. For if the same man in the same circumstances can make various decisions, how does his decision tell us anything about the true, permanent nature of he man? Whence the significance of his choice if, without being other than...
When we speak of freedom of the will, we usually understand a kind of freedom different from all these. We mean by freedom, that a man, solicited by given motives in a given emergency, may act in various ways. For instance: the fact that I am enjoying a walk does not prove that I went out, or am walking now, of my own free-will; on the contrary, my enjoyment, in so far as it has any bearing at all on my freedom, tends to discredit it; since it would be harder to assign a reason for my action...
...already been made known to the college that the Shakspere Club is planning to give a public representation of Julius Caesar this spring. During the past week the president of the club, Mr. Jones, has been busy reducing the various suggestions for the project into definite shape. The assignment of characters was finally determined last Saturday, and in other details the plan is now practically complete. The date of the presentation of the play is set for the third week...
...reported that the photographs taken the other day of Memorial Hall at lunch, are remarkably successful, the facial expressions at the various tables being easily distinguished...