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Dates: during 1873-1873
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Then departing said no more...
...much can be said, religion at Harvard is neither sneered at by those who have it not, nor does it ever degenerate into cant. The question next arises, How much of this religion have we? And here, dissenting from the opinions already expressed, we venture to say that there is very little. In making such an assertion, we of course become liable to the charge of unwarrantably passing judgment upon our neighbors; but if the conversation and outward life of the average undergraduate show anything, they show a character which is not so entirely under the control of religion...
...them, and to explain his views he used practical illustrations. "Now, gentlemen," he would often say, "this I consider to be the only philosophical attack in such a case. But others have entertained different opinions, the foolishness of which I shall show you immediately." Turning to an attendant, he said, "Bring up Professor Reid." The attendant brought in a thin, white-haired old man, evidently the wreck of a once noted pugilist who had died out of the fighting world. He was bound hand and foot, so that it was impossible for him to defend himself. Not a muscle moved...
Although the book is, as we have said, very interesting, the main purpose of the author is not to afford amusement; it is rather, as in his other works, to inculcate, by the force of example, manly and Christian character, and thus do honor to the memory of his brother...
Harvard College, in its printed advertisement, published in the Atlantic some time since, said: "The University respects, and does not seek to influence, the religious opinions of its students." To this it adheres. The topic of religion is not introduced in the College exercises except when the subject necessarily suggests it, - as Philosophy may do. And no influence is exerted to make the students Unitarians. (I bring forward this name, because it is true that the College has a Unitarian pastor. But he is a man apparently as acceptable to Orthodox Congregationalists and Baptists as to Unitarians...