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...skill of the sculptors. The most remarkable thing to be noticed about the Marbles throughout the Parthnon is the carefulness with which the sculptors completed their work in every part. It made no difference to them whether a part of the figures was to be covered and never seen by the people they took as much pains to make these parts as perfect in detail as those which were in open view...
...with the idea that the government should exist to perfect the individual rather than the state, and hence we may say that German literature is in opposition to German government. The lecturer then briefly sketched the history of Germany, showing how after the thirty pear's war it was seen that strong bonds of unison among the different principalities could only be maintained by allowing the individual more freedom of thought...
...have seen, there was a revolution in rowing at Harvard. It was not until the early part of winter that Mr. Storrow, in the face of a certain amount of passive opposition, took the rather daring step, by engaging Mr. Faulkner as coach, of throwing overboard all those principles which, it is supposed, had won Harvard many a splendid victory. An entirely new system of rowing was inaugurated, and there was much grumbling and dubious head-shaking at the issue. Yale, on the contrary, was highly elated at Harvard's adoption of the "professional" stroke. Her crew, be it said...
...marked improvement in the speed of the boat since '85, the crew of '88, we are told, endeavored to "unlearn the radically wrong principles" of the three previous years. The endeavor was pre-eminently successful, and what was the result? A crushing defeat, such as had never been seen upon the Thames. At one time in the race there was almost half a mile between the two crews. Yale, naturally enough, retained the principles, the efficacy of which she had tested, and gave even a better exhibition of rowing than the Harvard crew...
...life. The students are interested in the chapel services and every day on the campus, in the street and at Memorial Hall they may be heard speaking of the helpful words of the Rev. Phillips Brooks, the Rev. Dr. Gordon and other preachers of the University. I have just seen a graduate of a well-known theological seminary. In the divinity department at Harvard, he says that the tone of the conversations and the general bearing of the students are cleaner and more elevated than has been the case at seminaries where he previously studied. I believe this fact...