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...youths, whom by daily converse they keep from the sins that would condemn them to the eternal torments of the wicked, &c., &c., - the sermon, we say, so teems with such sentimental platitudes that we feel a strong desire to respond in more direct language. The literature, says the Edinburgh Review, that issues from a college is one of the surest exponents of its character and inner life. Had the good, charitable man who was so ready to condemn Harvard thought of this, and had he ever taken the trouble to glance at some college papers, he would have...
FOOT-BALL.The annual international contest between England and Scotland, at the Rugby game, occurred recently at Edinburgh, Scotland, and resulted in a tie. The Calcutta cup, therefore, goes back to England, where it was held last year...
...following eminent English writers are to receive the degree of D. C. L. from the University of Edinburgh: Lord Houghton, Sir Joseph Whitworth, Samuel Smiles, and Francis Turner Palgrave. The ceremony will take place next Tuesday...
...should be published by Harvard College. Such an edition would have the merits of being prepared in the most careful way under the direct supervision of some of the most able scholars in America, and it would supply to this country books like those that come from the Clarendon, Edinburgh, and Glasgow presses. There is no reason why this plan, if carried into execution, should not succeed perfectly. Our scholars are as thorough as any, and the result of their efforts could not fail to be a text that would serve as a standard to colleges and schools...
References : Hazlitt's Lectures on the English Poets, Lecture I. Edinburgh Review, Vol. 21, art. Madame de Stael sur la Litterature. Christian Examiner, Vol. 24, art. Influence of Christianity and Civilization on Epic Poetry. Shairp's Poetic Interpretations of Nature. Time, Third Tuesday in March...