The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: I. in Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin ; I. [ie. II] in Occasional Lectures and Essays Addressed to the Members of the Catholic University

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Longmans, Green, 1899 - 527 páginas
 

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Página 266 - 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.
Página 209 - He makes light of favours 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.
Página 209 - ... 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.
Página 210 - If he engages in controversy of any kind, his disciplined intellect preserves him from the blundering discourtesy of better...
Página 208 - HENCE it is that 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.
Página 251 - Seven famous towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread.
Página 23 - ... the Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible, is the religion of Protestants.
Página 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...
Página ix - That it is a place of teaching universal knowledge. This implies that its object is, on the one hand, intellectual, not moral ; and, on the other, that it is the diffusion and extension of knowledge rather than the advancement. If its object were scientific and philosophical discovery, I do not see why a University should have students ; if religious training, I do not see ^ how it can be the seat of literature and science.
Página 379 - They went out from us, but they were not of us ; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us : but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

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