—“The Influence of Emerson’s Teaching” is the subject of
essay that appears in the literary supplement of the Ursii
Weekly for December 18th. It gives us a great insight into
life and character of the poet. We reproduce one extract whicl
especially good:
“Emerson, the sage, looked into the future and
read there the nation's weakness and was forced to
utter a word of warning against them. He foresaw
our present age of materialism and the domination
of thought which it was sure to exercise. A return
‘to the purest religion, noblest affection, and height
of reason’ was the remedy which he suggested. To
effect the restoration of these ideals was the mission
of Emerson’s writings. All of his teachings were
formulated a generation ago and today many of them
are just being- put into practice. His essays are a
series of maxims and every thought in them leads
to a higher conception of life and to a nobler being.
Who can read his essay on ‘Character’ and be the
same man afterward? It is a plea for every one
to try to gain that ‘sense of mass’ which will make
him stand out as a Cassar, a Napoleon, a Washing
ton, or a Bismark. It is a blow at the frivolity and
weakness of the masses.”
—Evidently the English know little or nothing of foot be
Perhaps, for the same reason, it may be said that we are strang(
to the game of Rugby. Conclusions may be reached by readi:
the following, which occurs in an English publication:
“Lovers of Rugby foot ball,” it says, “would not
1 ecognize the game as played in America, where it
.seems to be a thoroughly brutal pastime, and played
without skill and without science. The players wear
padded knickerbockers, pads at elbows, ear pro
tectors, nose and lips protectors; in fact, they go
into the fray in what may be called suits of armor.
“The result is, they present a most repulsive and
dissipated appearaance. It is a pity that Harvard