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...better for learning, for, though brutal crimes may be less frequent, knowledge has taught man many ways of petty meanness. Educated men, though infrequently possessing those personal qualities which enable them to exert immediate control over the wills of others, are able by their dispassionate criticism to rule in calmer moments. To bring things back to their proper perspective is the art of the learned...
...Weld Boat Club yesterday won another double victory in the preliminary interclub class races, both the Senior and Junior Weld crews winning their heats from their Newell opponents. Particularly fast time was prevented by a heavy rain, although the wind was favorable and the water calmer than on Tuesday. Neither race was particularly close; the Seniors won their heat by about two lengths, and the Juniors their by three. In both the Weld crews gained slowly and steadily throughout...
...June 17.--A strong north-westerly gale prevented the crews from going out on the river this morning. The Freshmen were the first to take advantage of the calmer weather in the afternoon. They rowed down stream over the two-mile course in 11m. 42 1 2s., the last half-mile being very rough. Richmond stroked the crew...
...speaking was of a very high order and Harvard's representatives did themselves much credit. The Yale speakers showed remarkable and unexpected strength, though their delivery had noticeable faults. They were very much in earnest. The Harvard men spoke in better form, were calmer and more argumentative. Yale's argument showed a very great study of facts, although the bearing of the latter on the question was not always clearly shown. Still the argument was plausible. The Harvard speakers cited authorities more carefully, but their facts did not impress their hearers as strongly...
...Julius Caesar, Measure For Measure, Macbeth, Othello, Troilus and Cressida and Anthony and Cleopatra. The fourth period is the Coriolanus-Timon of Athens mood, and the tendency is aristocratic and misanthropic. The last period is that of the Cymbeline-Tempest-Winter's Tale mood. It is a quieter, calmer period, and the spirit is contemplative and benevolent...