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...competent to shoulder the responsibilities of the class in the years after graduation; to choose men on their merits as shown during these past three years, men who have been tried and not found wanting, men whose ambitions and hopes have been towards the best things in the life of the class. There are men in the class who are worthy of the honor of such an election for what they have done in behalf of their fellows or their College; there are other men who by the sheer force of personality have come into vital touch with the best...
...mutually profit by the "exhilarating (not exhilirating) novelty" of Harvard's winning three great events. In Mr. Edgell's story "Two Operas" I find a pleasing old fashioned note--a story straightforwardly told and getting somewhere without baffling allusiveness or the world-worn ennui of two decades of life on this planet. The plot is a trifle better than the telling, but that fault can be remedied. A slightly cynical ending does not destroy the general simplicity. More ambitious and more difficult is the flight of "Tobias Medetates," the most important effort of this number. It is a venture into...
...Gordon began by pointing out that Milton was born at the beginning of a new age of progress in which there were many famous men, among whom he was one of the greatest. His life can be divided into three parts: his early years as a student and scholar; his share in the struggles of the day; and his retirement and the writing of his great epic poem. Milton went to college to become a minister in the Anglican Church, but he never carried out this intention for he believed that the people should rule in religious matters...
Critics say that his prose is below his poetry, which is perhaps true; but no one can blame him when the conditions under which he wrote are considered. His prose was written in defence of the very life and liberty of the English people at a time when everything was at fever heat, and when it was hardly possible to write composedly and coolly. Though not as good as his poetry, Milton's prose has not received the attention due it by scholars; it has been slighted because it calls to account king, church, council, and common law. This prose...
...LECTURES ON BUDDHIST DOCTRINE. "A Statement of Buddhist Doctrine in Western Terms." VI. "Continuity of Life and Death." Dr. W. Sturgis Bigelow. Emerson...