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Most reform movements are started by groups of a few men. There is a great danger in this fact, though it is one not easy to perceive. When the standard, the ideal, is set by a group, it is certain to be lower than when upheld by an individual, and...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mr. Chapman's Lecture. | 3/9/1900 | See Source »

But of higher importance is the refinement which the Fine Arts add to an education, of mere book-lore. There is a cultivation, a delicacy of perception, to be obtained by the study of art, which can not be acquired elsewhere. Following the changes of style and technique through the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MR. ROBINSON'S LECTURE. | 11/13/1895 | See Source »

Livius Andronicus was the first Roman to translate Greek plays. His example was followed by Plautus and Terence. These two are much alike. They both followed Greek plays singly or combined scenes from several into one. In Plautus the combinations are often gross and very apparent, while in Terence they...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Latin Poet and His Greek Model. | 4/11/1895 | See Source »

The service in Appleton Chapel last evening was conducted by the Rev. Professor C. A. Briggs, D. D., of Union Seminary, New York, He preached from the text, "Hereby perceive we the love of God, because He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Appleton Chapel. | 2/11/1895 | See Source »

We who have passed through the stage of secrecy in societies, and, with one exception, have given up that characteristic to them, can realize more fully that it is an absurd and nonsensical characteristic, fitted rather for the school boy than for the college man. It is observable, moreover, that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/25/1892 | See Source »

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