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...impression they produce is that of measuring the value of acts by the results attained rather than by the moral purpose involved. We are prone to rate among the virtuous those who have conferred benefits upon mankind regardless of the motives that actuated them; and the effect is good, insofar as it encourages others to do the like. But this is not the attitude expressed by St. Paul in the text. He is treating only of works done for what he esteems the highest possible motive, for he speaks of building upon "this foundation" of morality, saying that no other...
...Insofar as the law forbade the teaching of other languages to English-speaking children, its provinciality and bigotry are manifest. This recoiling from all languages except English, while perhaps excusable in war times, was ill-advised then, and now is absurd. The knowledge of two modern languages could be nothing but a boon, and the advantages of having them taught in the elementary schools is obvious...
...during one's entire lifetime. It is only those who have been trained in the appreciation of music who are conscious of the superior satisfaction to be found in intelligent listening. And any one who is ignorant of the great masterpieces of music and of their significance is insofar an uneducated...
...unacquainted with the facts in the matter whereof he treats. He accuses undergraduates of neglecting to form private libraries and cites in proof of his statement the second-hand book business about the Square. This is by no means a proof of lack of undergraduate interest in books, rather, insofar as it bears at all upon the subject, it is a tribute to the discriminating taste of the students. For, useful as the Heath series of modern language text books may be, or convenient as the Everyman edition certainly is--in the classroom--no true bibliophile wants his bookshelves lined...
...same principle as a University; conditions in American life make it necessary for the college to do more than offer opportunity and to insure the students' realization of those opportunities. This realization should not be brought about by compulsion, but it should be more general than at present. And insofar as the college provides general and genuine, ontato, cj utssorafrwi,a eral, and genuine, contact, just so far will the students take advantage of it; in the number who do can be measured the degree in which the college succeeds...