Word: wille
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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On rising one morning I discovered that a letter had been pushed under my door. I hastened to it, picked it up, and quickly tore it open; the first line commenced "Dear Will." I hesitated, read three or four more lines, and became sensible of some mistake. I looked at...
SOME seasons of the year seem especially adapted to the making of good resolutions for the future, without a fresh supply of which at least annually few men get along. For the student, such a season begins with the announcement of his semi-annual examinations. It is then that his...
The end of their four years awakens such men from a contemplation of their own remarkable abilities, to contend with a world which will handle them without gloves, and of which they are absolutely ignorant. Men intending to enter any active pursuit, to attain success in which will require all...
Not only does this hold true in matter of studies, but also in our intercourse with men; for here lies a great field for education. How much valuable acquaintance do we lose by the restrictions of class and clique feeling! That this has in a measure been broken down of...
In short, it seems evident that the tone of the college is not what it should be. Broader principles of education must be developed, and men induced, by a feeling of personal responsibility and free choice, to take in hand the guidance of their own fortunes, and begin to think...