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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...body. I call this circumstance a curious one, but this is rather an after thought; at that time it did not seem at all peculiar. I had all my usual perceptions about me. I saw everything that was in the room, heard what the children were saying, felt the warmth of the fire. What was the need of a body? True I could not move; but, in such pleasant surroundings, I was well content to stay where I was. So, in fact, it was not until I thought of exercising the American prerogative, and putting my feet on the fender...
...question now arises: if we carry our inquiry back far enough, shall we arrive at a point where intellect and will are swallowed up in mechanical forces of which they are the slowly evolved product? If so, I know not how we can explain responsibility. But if we say that intellect and will are the ultimate elements, the way lies open for an explanation. Let us suppose a will solicited by no motives, and therefore free as a stream is free when it flows unobstructed, yet whose essence, like the essence of the stream, is motion and action. Now this...
...word freedom has many meanings. When who say that a stream is not free to flow because it is frozen, we do not speak of the same freedom as when we say that a Negro is not free to vote because he is intimidated. For the Negro may still vote if he has cour-age enough to run the risk; but the frozen stream cannot possibly flow. Besides, a stream is not free to flow except when it is actually flowing, but a man may be free to vote and yet never cast his ballot. Thus by liberty we mean...
...talk of freedom in still another sense when we say that we do something freely, gladly, or willingly. Here it is not a question of obstacles at all; our attention is not directed to the facility or possibility of the action, but to the pleasure we take in doing it. Not unlike this use is that by which we call what is voluntary or intentional free. Thus if a man has done something unawares, or under the influence of another, we say his action was not free; yet we do not necessarily imply that he was reluctant...
...essays, " themes," and " forensics," which in the past have lain idle in the desks of the instructors, and to print them in the form of a monthly supplement. At all events we shall try the experiment once, and see how it works. The instructors, we are glad to say, show the warmest interest in the scheme, and have kindly given us help and advice. They feel, as we do, that such a supplement will react on the literary work of the students. They realize that not only will it be an assistance in the formation of a good style...