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...professors. Mr. Sheahan writes warmly against the doctrine that men are born equal or may be rendered equal by legislation, and maintains that despite "The Menace of Socialism," the government of the future "will be founded upon profound inequality." Mr. Lippmann follows with a defence of Socialism, scarcely less fervid. "That Socialism," says Mr. Sheahan, "should gain enthusiastic recruits from the field of literature and from the colleges is disgraceful." "Until we drop the scholastic method in politics," says Mr. Lippmann, "and substitute the method of induction, we shall continue to wallow in misunderstanding and futility." Both papers...
...long hold sway. Soon there were men who thought seriously and felt earnestly. Such a man was Saint Francis, who led a merry life in his youth, but feeling a deep sense of the miserableness of common men, he turned to a life of quiet but joyful contemplation and fervid expression...
...fervid vow - and we two must part...
PRINCETON has had such a revival, and the present condition of society there appears to be not unlike that prevalent in England during the earlier years of the Commonwealth. "Prayer-meetings," says the Nassau Lit, "are no longer dull, but fervid." The influence of religion is felt in the "recitation-room, where "spiritual interest .... transforms duty into pleasure." It is felt in the shape of "increased earnestness in base-ball matters," in the gymnasium," and in the training requisite for various athletic sports. Drinking has vanished from "spreads." Profanity, which is "not so much an amusement as a habit...