Word: written
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...find fault with a body of men who are at least the social and intellectual equals of its editors, it will find that an exposition of its views, worded in a rational and courteous way, will have far more weight with the College public than a violent attack written in a style of which the best models are to be found in the less reputable dailies of our cities and in the college journals of the far West...
...person for whom the theme is written has, it is to be presumed, either less ability or less power of application than the person whom he employs, therefore he might, should he be thrown on his own resources, get conditioned in the subject, and the result of this would be a decrease of self-respect. Now, this would bring about more moral injury than the other alternative, and, therefore, the conduct of the buyer of themes is morally justifiable...
Second, the conduct of the writer is justifiable. Let me give the instance of my friend, for whose spiritual comfort this is partly written, though partly, of course, to encourage others to go and do likewise. I will give it in his own words. He says...
...Half written o'er with pleasure, half with pain...
...theatricals given at Union Hall, last Wednesday, by the undergraduate members of the Pi Eta, included the farce "Class-Day," and the burlesque "Villikins and his Dinah." The farce was written for the society by Dr. F. A. Harris, a graduate member, and though depending more than usual upon the absurdity of situations for its effect, and inferior to his former farce "Chums," yet it received deservedly a fair share of applause. The Honorable Mr. Buncombe as personated by Mr. Sargent, and Mr. Joy in the character of Mrs. Taylor, were both well received, as was also Mr. Harris...