The Holcad, Vol. 4

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Excerpt from The Holcad, Vol. 4: October, 1887 In the brief memoir we have of Dr. D. A. Wallace there is a letter addressed to one about to leave home for college, which Iwish could be read by you all. Let me quote a short section of it: in pro portion as you become a healthier, stronger, more intelligent, sharper, wiser, better man will you attain the ends of the college. The course of study is arranged with the view of securing mental and moral culture. Pursue it carefully, make thorough work of it, master it. Do not make study secondary and something else primary. Do not study for a degree merely, nor for the reputation of scholarship, but for excellence. I re peat the words: Do not make study sec ondary and something else primary. It matters not how important that something else may be. Your name is sfi/(llé'fif and that should be your distinguishing character. Shall it be in your case an evident mis nomer? Would that vou all were ready to say: Study, first, everything else, second. I like to play base-ball, but it shall not in terfere with my regular study hours. I like amateur photography, but Iishall dally with it only as an occasional luxury. I like to entertain company, but, friends, let vour calls be in season and in measure. I appreciate church socials, but let the burden and brunt of them be borne by those whose hands are not already full with school-work. I like to be gallant, but I owe something more than courtesies to Euclid and Xeno phon. I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. 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.