An Address Delivered Before the Archæan Society of Beloit College, at Its Anniversary
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Excerpt from An Address Delivered Before the Archæan Society of Beloit College, at Its Anniversary: July 13, 1858 If for the purpose of selecting a subject for this Address I had descended into the pyramids of Egypt, or the classical ruins of Athens, or the catacombs of Rome, I would perhaps have better conformed to established customs; and I would, certainly, have imposed a much easier task upon my very limited abilities. For I consider it less difficult to treat of a matter of mere historical knowledge, or of mere literary interest, than to speak, with the impartial calmness of a scientific disquisition, of living things - of ideas which daily move our hearts and inspire our thoughts. But I have chosen this task, not as though the treasures of antiquity had no charms for me, but because, when studying the past, I cannot abstain from drawing conclusions on the present; and when thinking of by-gone generations, I instinctively calculate their value for that world of ours, in whose veins the warm blood of life is still flowing. Our age is the Era of Results. It harvests the crops sown in by-gone centuries: it investigates the principles which have ruled the world from the beginning, applies them to given matter and creates new things by combination. It discovers, anew, theories which have long lain idle, and introduces them into practical existence. It holds abstractions in its powerful grasp, and transforms them into living realities. The time is past, when a man would consider it his calling to retire into the dead tranquillity of monasterial seclusion in order to brood over musty manuscripts, merely for the sake of amusing his mind by a contact with things that have ceased to be. We, in whatever we do, want to feel the touch of the warm hand of actual life. 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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