An Address Before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard University July 1 1886
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Never was Shakespeare read and studied as he is to-day ; never was Chaucer so familiar to the youth at school ; never was the Bible so widely read ; never were such translations accessible as are now within reach of all. In all this, the power of the univer- sities is felt ; give them the credit. But let us hope that in the future more attention than ever before will be given to the study of literature and art. Fortunate would it be if in every seat of learning such a living teacher could be fo...und as a Words- worth, a Tennyson, a Browning, or a Lowell.
Among the characteristics of a university I name the defense of ideality, the maintenance of spiritualism. There are those in every genera- 22 The Defense of Ideality.
tion who fear that inquiry is hostile to religion. Although universities are the children of the Christian church, although for a long period the papal sanction was desirable if not essential to their establishment, although the earliest colleges in this country were strictly religious, and' although almost every denomination in the land desires its own university, there is an undercurrent of talk which shows that the influence of the higher edu- cation is often regarded in certain circles as adverse to spiritual and religious life.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Never was Shakespeare read and studied as he is to-day ; never was Chaucer so familiar to the youth at school ; never was the Bible so widely read ; never were such translations accessible as are now within reach of all. In all this, the power of the univer- sities is felt ; give them the credit. But let us hope that in the future more attention than ever before will be given to the study of literature and art. Fortunate would it be if in every seat of learning such a living teacher could be fo...und as a Words- worth, a Tennyson, a Browning, or a Lowell.
Among the characteristics of a university I name the defense of ideality, the maintenance of spiritualism. There are those in every genera- 22 The Defense of Ideality.
tion who fear that inquiry is hostile to religion. Although universities are the children of the Christian church, although for a long period the papal sanction was desirable if not essential to their establishment, although the earliest colleges in this country were strictly religious, and' although almost every denomination in the land desires its own university, there is an undercurrent of talk which shows that the influence of the higher edu- cation is often regarded in certain circles as adverse to spiritual and religious life.
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