Word: thoughtful
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...immense culture requisite to become master of the Ruskin mode of thought may at first appear a desirable objective point. But reflection cannot fail to show that, where one attains the desired end, a hundred advance on the path only so far as to upset their faith in their old ideas of art. These substitute in its place such a doubt of their power to appreciate works of true genius, and such a fear lest their ignorance of some technical point may lead them into some un-Ruskinian expression of admiration, that the pleasure which they feel in contemplating masterpieces...
...easy and familiar old pronunciation is done away with, in favor of a new, foreign-sounding style. The pages of the old writers seem no longer to be regarded as mines of beautiful and lofty thought, of fascinating and exciting story, but rather as quarries whence to pry unheard-of subjunctives and rare optatives...
...dark cloud of suspicion over the respectable character of Mr. Wiswall. He filled my soul with envy as he told of his Commons in Harvard Hall during those palmy days - alas! now gone by - when the bread of the College baker was renowned throughout all Cambridge; and I mournfully thought of my Commons, where the bread has only a local fame, and is not eagerly sought after. Thus he went on as if he would never stop, telling more stories and anecdotes than I can recall...
...change, but all have their root in reflection upon the part of the students. They see that men of learning are esteemed in society; or perhaps they ask themselves the question, "What am I to do after graduating?" Any such thing does all that was necessary, that is, excites thought; then the boyish prejudices by degrees grow weak, and a new public sentiment, more favorable to scholarship, takes their place. Unless the students really feel the necessity or the dignity of learning, there can be no great advance of it. The question at issue is, whether they can be roused...
...have the same good effect in college that it has in the outside world, where men who find their judgment a safe guide in some things are likely to trust to it in others rather than to public opinion. College, at present, by no means causes such independence of thought as one would naturally expect...