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Harvard's past is inseparably linked with the generous benefactions of individuals and her debt to them is immeasurable, but should the fact that many of her sons have done so much to prove their devotion lessen the sense of obligation which every one of them should feel? It seems as though the enlargement of the Library was a cause which was most suitable for the combined support of all the graduates. We know if a definite appeal for this help is made, the new Alumni Weekly will carry it to them as urgently and keep it before them...
Advantages would be gained. Some such moderate standard would ensure, on the one hand, that no one should be given a scholarship who did not have good brain power and, on the other hand, that no should be tempted to overwork this brain power. It would lessen the number of men who bring scholarly ability into disrepute, and increase the chances of this ability being appreciated and prized by college men. It would give money in rational proportions, and it would give all poor men a chance for college...
...Home Rule is desirable for England's sake. Nineteenth Cent. XXI, 165. (1) Home Rule would lessen the work of Parliament. (2) It would lessen the changes of administration. (3) It would remove foreign reproaches. (4) It would lessen Ireland's hatred. (b) Home Rule is desirable for Ireland's sake. (1) It would give greter opportunity for needful legislation. (2) An Irish legislature would be better informed on Irish needs, and more sympathetic in the treatment of them. (3) Law would be more respected. (4) Responsibility would sober the Irish...
...Populist party seeks to aggregate rather than to lessen class distinctions; Public Opinion IX, 386-408. - (a) The extravagances of the platform prove this; see platform. - (b) In its eagerness to fight monopolists the Populist party has adopted ridiculus and inconsistent theories: Public Opinion X, 610; Nation...
...rythm, and contains many good lines, while the prose is almost as musical as the poetry. The whole thing is manifestly influenced by Tennyson if not actually in imitation of him, but as it does not pretend not to be, this fact can hardly be said to lessen its value...