The Second Annual Oration, Delivered Before the Belles Lettres and Union Philosophical Societies of Dickinson College, at Their Request, in the Lutheran Church, in Carlisle : On Tuesday Evening the 29th Day of Sept., 1897 (Classic Reprint) (9780331909210)
Excerpt from The Second Annual Oration, Delivered Before the Belles Lettres and Union Philosophical Societies of Dickinson College, at Their Request, in the Lutheran Church, in Carlisle: On Tuesday Evening the 29th Day of Sept., 1897 I feel, gentlemen, that this hour is sacred to the cause of the mind. To unfold its contemplative beauties, to light up the rich area of this classical anniversary, is the office with which you have honoured me. In celebrating the majesty of intellect and the luminous victories of science, I have to perform a duty worthy of the most graceful talent; and it is at once a solemn and. An elegant ministry thus to serve within the terse and peaceful precincts of the mind's domain. It is especially arduous, I might almost say ungenial, for me, summoned to it, as I have been, from the strict research, the solicitous toils, and keen collisions of Professional life. However refreshing to one wearied with the contentious realities and vigilant tactics of that life may be the scenery of the regions of thought and of taste, it is not easy for him' to attune his mind for the homage the spectacle deserves; for it is the tendency of the Law's ad amantine studies and elaborate detail to repress the Fan' cy's etherial activity, and arrest the mind's excursiveness above the level of its stern pursuits. I come, nevertheless, to the functions which have been indulgently allotted me, as a tributary to a cherished authority, to offer upon the early theatre of my mental efforts and emulation the ham ble measure of my service. It is not for my powers to enamel any florid beauties upon the truth of the literary past and present, The occasion is, indeed, worthy of all that the mind in its energy, and the imagination in its vo tive harmonies, can invest it with; but that consummation belongs to some more ornamental minister of the period, who, with more epic feeling and richer auction, may exult amidst the bloom of Literature and in the spirit of aspiring Science. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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- Hardback | 32 pages
- 152 x 229 x 6mm | 204g
- 23 Apr 2018
- Forgotten Books
- English
- 5 Illustrations; Illustrations, black and white
- 0331909219
- 9780331909210
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