...said in his noble address at the 250th anniversary of the founding of Harvard College—"Democracy must show its capacity for producing not a higher...in all its manifold varieties, or it is a failure." I am sorry he added "or it is a failure"; for that failure should never be contemplated. Doubtless...

...said in his noble address at the 250th anniversary of the founding of Harvard College—"Democracy must show its capacity for producing not a higher...in all its manifold varieties, or it is a failure." I am sorry he added "or it is a failure"; for that failure should never be contemplated. Doubtless...

...Democracy must show its capacity for producing the highest possible types of manhood, must satisfy the inextinguishable passion of the soul for something that lifts life away from the common and the vulgar. You declared that the most precious property of culture, and of a college,...

...and by opening more inlets to those indirect influences which make for refinement of mind and body. Democracy must show its capacity for producing, not...all its manifold varieties, or it is a failure.” It is not, I think, assuming too much to say that in seeking to bring “the influence of the more...

...1789. ment can take the place of earnest self-culture, and selfdiscipline. u Democracy," says Lowell, " must show its capacity for producing not a higher...in all its manifold varieties, or it is a failure. * * The best is the only thing that is good enough. * * Material success is good but only as the necessary...