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...recitation rooms with us are little nitches cut out of an ideal paradise. This being the case, especially with those in Massachusetts and Harvard Hall, the question arises, why should the seats be like smaller nitches cut out of an ideal - something else. Consistency is known to be a jewel, and here is a source of unbounded wealth for our faculty...
Under these circumstances it is our duty to get a clear understanding of the reason for the previous prosperity of our universities; we must try to find what is the feature in their arrangements which we must seek to retain as a precious jewel, and where on the contrary, we may give way when changes are required. I consider myself by no means entitled to give a final opinion on this matter. The point of view of any single individual is restricted; representatives of other sciences will be able to contribute something. But I think that a final result...
...very short space of time. To be sure, I had never paced him on a regular professional track, but it seemed to me that he was in the habit of marking off the prairies at a remarkably cheerful gait. In short, I looked upon him as quite a jewel in an equine way. So when I came eastward, about the first of September, I brought Ceph (Ceph is familiar for Bucephalus) along with me, and we settled down in a little New Hampshire village, with the intention of wearing away the rest of the vacation there...
...jewel hid from vulgar eyes...
Every bosom bears a jewel...