The Yale Literary Magazine, Volume 27, Issue 8Herrick & Noyes, 1862 |
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Page 255
... the exigency in which it takes place and renders the social advance more uniform and rapid through many suc- 24 * VOL . XXVII . ceeding generations . Life , growth , activity , power 1862. ] 255 THE DE FOREST PRIZE ORATION .
... the exigency in which it takes place and renders the social advance more uniform and rapid through many suc- 24 * VOL . XXVII . ceeding generations . Life , growth , activity , power 1862. ] 255 THE DE FOREST PRIZE ORATION .
Page 256
... social forces . The passionate conflict and struggle of the first era , the earnest severity and ennobling simplicity of the second , are succeeded by an age of accumulated wealth and material abundance , of high social and intellectual ...
... social forces . The passionate conflict and struggle of the first era , the earnest severity and ennobling simplicity of the second , are succeeded by an age of accumulated wealth and material abundance , of high social and intellectual ...
Page 257
... social advance , the mind asserts and regains its appropriate supremacy . This is the age of a strong and severe culture , an age wherein the æsthetic is sternly subordinated to the intellectual and moral , wherein Truth is preferred ...
... social advance , the mind asserts and regains its appropriate supremacy . This is the age of a strong and severe culture , an age wherein the æsthetic is sternly subordinated to the intellectual and moral , wherein Truth is preferred ...
Page 258
... social order and unity , are now struggling to overcome the strong tendency to decline , and to combine in one harmonious onward movement , the scattered elements of social coherence and advancement . The idea of the State , that social ...
... social order and unity , are now struggling to overcome the strong tendency to decline , and to combine in one harmonious onward movement , the scattered elements of social coherence and advancement . The idea of the State , that social ...
Page 259
... social structure is destroyed . We specify as a further evidence of decay in high civilization , the loss of faith in the power of Ideas and Moral Truths . It requires but a slight knowledge of man's nature and soul , or but a brief ...
... social structure is destroyed . We specify as a further evidence of decay in high civilization , the loss of faith in the power of Ideas and Moral Truths . It requires but a slight knowledge of man's nature and soul , or but a brief ...
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Page 276 - ... accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity ; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned ; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Page 254 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely...
Page 292 - Upon many a well-fought field; A braver and a nobler knight, Never the sword did wield. Sleep, soldier sleep ! from sorrow free, And sin and strife, 'tis well with thee; It is well, though many a tear Laments the fallen volunteer. Gather roses white and red And scatter them softly on his breast...
Page 292 - ... in the Classical division in his class. He entered Yale College the following September, being at the time only fifteen years of age, and, if we remember aright, the youngest of his class. He possessed remarkable natural talents, and his industry and good conduct ever endeared him to his teachers. When the war broke out he enlisted as a private in Capt. Arthur's company, Col. McCarter's Regiment, the 93d PV, and served in the severe battles of Williamsburg and Fair Oaks. All know how the 93d...
Page 296 - Who can swallow an elephant as well as a toad, and is noted for his great longevity. He'll swallow himself, crawl through himself, come out with great facility, Tie himself up in a bow-knot, snap his tail and wink with great agility.