The idea of a university defined and illustrated |
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... force , the steadiness , the comprehensiveness and the versatility of intellect , the command over our own powers , the instinctive just estimate of things as they pass before us , which sometimes indeed is a natural gist , but com ...
... force , the steadiness , the comprehensiveness and the versatility of intellect , the command over our own powers , the instinctive just estimate of things as they pass before us , which sometimes indeed is a natural gist , but com ...
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... force of my testimony , and deprived such arguments , as I might adduce , of that moral persuasive- ness which attends on tried and sustained conviction . It would have made me seem the advocate , rather than the cordial and deliberate ...
... force of my testimony , and deprived such arguments , as I might adduce , of that moral persuasive- ness which attends on tried and sustained conviction . It would have made me seem the advocate , rather than the cordial and deliberate ...
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... fails , which is to be expected , then a double mischief will ensue from its recognition of evils which it has been unable to remedy . These are your deep misgivings ; and , in proportion to the force with which they Introductory . I I.
... fails , which is to be expected , then a double mischief will ensue from its recognition of evils which it has been unable to remedy . These are your deep misgivings ; and , in proportion to the force with which they Introductory . I I.
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... force of argument and fulness of detail ; and I will frankly and at once acknowledge , that I shall insist on the high theo- logical view of a University without attempting to give a direct answer to their arguments against its present ...
... force of argument and fulness of detail ; and I will frankly and at once acknowledge , that I shall insist on the high theo- logical view of a University without attempting to give a direct answer to their arguments against its present ...
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... force of the terms , it is very plain , that a Divine Being and a University so circum- stanced cannot co - exist . 3 . Still , however , this may seem to many an abrupt con- clusion , and will not be acquiesced in : what answer ...
... force of the terms , it is very plain , that a Divine Being and a University so circum- stanced cannot co - exist . 3 . Still , however , this may seem to many an abrupt con- clusion , and will not be acquiesced in : what answer ...
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Страница 178 - But a university training is the great ordinary means to a great but ordinary end ; it aims at raising the intellectual tone of society, at cultivating the public mind, at purifying the national taste, at supplying true principles to popular enthusiasm and fixed aims to popular aspiration, at giving enlargement and sobriety to the ideas of the age, at facilitating the exercise of political power, and refining the intercourse of private life.
Страница 280 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Страница 209 - He has his eyes on all his company ; he is tender towards the bashful, gentle towards the distant, and merciful towards the absurd ; he can recollect to whom he is speaking; he guards against unseasonable allusions or topics which may irritate ; he is seldom prominent in conversation, and never wearisome.
Страница 138 - Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas, Atque metus omnes, et inexorabile fatum Subjecit pedibus, strepitumque Acherontis avari.
Страница 210 - From a longsighted prudence, he observes the maxim of the ancient sage, that we should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend. He has too much good sense to be. affronted at insults, he is too well employed to remember injuries, and too indolent to 7* H bear malice.
Страница 209 - ... while he does them, and seems to be receiving when he is conferring. He never speaks of himself except when compelled, never defends himself by a mere retort, he has no ears for slander or gossip, is scrupulous in imputing motives to those who interfere with him, and interprets everything for the best. He is never mean or little in his disputes, never takes unfair advantage, never mistakes personalities or sharp sayings for arguments, or insinuates evil which he dare not say out.
Страница 209 - IT is almost a definition of a gentleman to say he is one who never inflicts pain. This description is both refined, and, as far as it goes, accurate. He is mainly occupied in merely removing the obstacles which hinder the free and unembarrassed action of those about him ; and he concurs with their movements, rather than takes the initiative himself.
Страница 257 - Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread.
Страница 23 - ... the Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible, is the religion of Protestants.
Страница 159 - Can there be any thing more ridiculous, than that a father should waste his own money, and his son's time, in setting him to learn the Roman language, when, at the same time, he designs him for a trade...