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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...shall now discuss the qualities of genius and art. It is common for genius to look with contempt upon art. This should not be so. If you discard art you are sure to fail. Many geniuses have been forgotten because they have failed to observe art. Genius produces, art reproduces. In acting reproduction is the most important. Night after night a part must be played and give the same effect every time. If the actor grows weary, he produces a weary audience. Mr. Macready, the famous actor, once said to Mrs. Warner that one of his great speeches, which used...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MR. JEFFERSON'S ADDRESS. | 5/15/1895 | See Source »

...objected that the benches would be monopolized by people for whom they are not intended, I think it can be answered that the students themselves can look out for that, or, if necessary, the same valiant and conscientious policeman who stopped the Glee Club from singing in front of Holworthy might be called upon for his services. At all events, I don't think this objection should be allowed to stand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication. | 5/6/1895 | See Source »

...international race that they have been looking forward to for some years, Mr. Cook's return may bring some new light. There is considerable doubt that Oxford will come over here, as it is understood that some of her men will be in the Henley regatta, but there is no apparent reason why Yale should not go over there. Their navy is well out of debt, and there are plenty of graduates in New York and elsewhere who would be glad to see a race and willing to defray the expenses. Such a race could hardly take place until...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Yale Crew. | 5/4/1895 | See Source »

...Andover Club held a meeting last night in the rooms of the Delta Upsilon. A committee was appointed to look into the question of bringing about a reconciliation between Andover and Exeter. The committee consists of G. A. Howe '96, M. E. Stone '97, and S. L. Fuller...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Andover Club. | 5/3/1895 | See Source »

...naturally a religious disease. But no man who reflects can help believing that there is a spirit in things which commands reverence and if there be such a divine spirit, nature can not be its revelation to man, because visible nature is too indifferent to command our worship. We look then to a greater universe of which nature is only a part. Of this universe man's religious faith is only the scaffolding, and so must religion involve the idea that in some way one must die to this world before he can enter the eternal world...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor James's Address. | 4/26/1895 | See Source »

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