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What we do need most of all is a clear and definite conception of human character; a revelation of ideal life which shall have the stamp of authority. We want the manhood that will bear the test of the universe and that shall make uslive to make our fellow men wiser and better. We must find somewhere and somehow an infinite companionship...
...idea of such an invention was suggested to Professor Hollis by an appliance which is used to test the action of steam engines. Still the knowledge which Professor Hollis has brought to bear in making his invention cannot be said to be exclusively theoretical, because his extensive experience in the navy of the United States has given him a thorough knowledge of the practical side of rowing...
...entire education of many boys between the ages of fourteen and eighteen is devoted not to the acquirement of lasting and valuable knowledge such as is the necessary foundation for any great intellectual achievement, but to the superficial mastery of subjects so as to be able to stand test questions, the nature of which is known beforehand. Not real learning, but the passing of a college examination, is the goal of study. So true is this, that often familiarity with previous examination papers is the chief strength of a candidate's preparation, while of working familiarity with his subject...
Joseph Wm. Park made the last of Princeton's first speeches. He devoted his speech to affirmative argument, leaving his rebuttal till the second speech. He drew analogies from European cities which have property qualifications and better city government. He put the question to a test of expedience...
Poetry is the endeavor of a man to give expression to that which is best within himself. The beautiful, it has been said, is greater than the good because it includes the good. We come nearest to the beautiful in poetry, indeed the test of poetry is its beauty. The neglect of poetry, and the consequent failure to appreciate the beautiful in art, not only deprives one of the most pleasurable of intellectual resources, but dulls the moral sensibility, and robs the character of its beauty and dignity. On the other hand a love for poetry transforms a man from...