We think of the noble object for which the professor appears to-night, we may be assured that the Lord will forgive any one who will laugh at the professor.

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If every day in the life of a school could be the last day but...

If every day in the life of a school could be the last day but...

What we call creative work, ought not to be called work at all, because it...

What we call creative work, ought not to be called work at all, because it...

A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than...

A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than...

Many a man in love with a dimple makes a mistake of marrying the whole...

Many a man in love with a dimple makes a mistake of marrying the whole...

Golf may be played on Sunday, not being a game within the view of the...

Golf may be played on Sunday, not being a game within the view of the...

Astronomy teaches the correct use of the sun and the planets.

Astronomy teaches the correct use of the sun and the planets.

It's a lie, but Heaven will forgive you for it.

It's a lie, but Heaven will forgive you for it.

Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica.

Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica.

It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or...

It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or...

The attempt to make the consumption of beer criminal is as silly and as futile...

The attempt to make the consumption of beer criminal is as silly and as futile...

Life, we learn too late, is in the living, the tissue of every day and...

Life, we learn too late, is in the living, the tissue of every day and...

I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is...

I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is...

Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a...

Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a...

It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I...

It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I...

In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies.

In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies.

The landlady of a boarding-house is a parallelogram - that is, an oblong angular figure,...

The landlady of a boarding-house is a parallelogram - that is, an oblong angular figure,...

The Compleat Angler is acknowledged to be one of the world's books. Only the trouble...

The Compleat Angler is acknowledged to be one of the world's books. Only the trouble...

He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off...

He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off...

Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one...

Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one...

There are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike - information and wit.

There are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike - information and wit.