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  2. LITERATURE AND ACTION.

    The following are the notes of a lecture delivered by Mr. G. B. Barton on Wednesday evening last, at the Mechanics' School of Arts:— If "literature leads to everything, provided that you ...

    Article : 591 words
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  4. THE ENGLISH ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ACTS.

    The following article on the second report of the Royal Commission on the English Elementary Education Acts is from the Scotsman:— The second report of th Royal Commission on the ...

    Article : 1,987 words
  5. INFLUENCE OF LITERATURE ON ACTION.

    All government rests on opinion; but which is the most effectual means of influencing opinion? Is it by speeches, read to-day and forgotten to-morrow, or by books and journalism? There are numberless instances to show that ...

    Article : 316 words
  6. GOOD LAWS.

    To make a "good law" is ono of the most difficult things in the world. That is seen in the fact that good laws are so scarce. Look at our own history. For over 30 years past we have had a Parliamentary machine at work ...

    Article : 634 words
  7. JOURNALISM.

    It is the fashion to speak of journalism as a transient or ephemeral power, but it is just as permanent and persistent in its operation as books or speeches or any other method of influencing opinion. A ...

    Article : 288 words
  8. ORATORY IN PARLIAMENT.

    To talk about "the speech that carried the bill" reminds one of the once popular character in political novels —the brilliant young student fresh from college, presented by an admiring Prime Minister with a pocket borough, ...

    Article : 420 words
  9. BURKE.

    To say that Burke "failed in notion," because his principles would not allow him to support. Ministers like Grenville or Low North, whose policy was fatal to the country, is simply saddling the wrong horse. They were the ...

    Article : 780 words
  10. Cameos from English History (Sixth Series). By the author of "The Heir of Redcliffe." Macmillan and Co., London.

    The Sixth Series of Miss Yonge's Cameos from English History covers the first 40 years of the Stuart dynasty, and embraces a period of English history during which the people secured many of ...

    Article : 927 words
  11. UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY.

    A meeting of the Senate was held on Tuesday last, at the rooms of the Royal Society. There were present—The Chancellor (Sir William M. Manning), the vice-chancellor (Dr. Maclaurin), Mr. District Court Judge Backhouse, ...

    Article : 783 words
  12. THE PHILOSOPHICAL RADICALS.

    Parliament is not the place in which literary genius can hope to display its power over the passions and prejudices of politicians. The experience of the the Philpsophical Radicals" on that point is conclusive. George Grote, the ...

    Article : 578 words
  13. CANNING.

    Canning had great literary power, and was a brilliant speaker. He did not abundon literature in order to devote himself to politics. He was picked out by Pitt soon after he bad left Oxford, and presented with a seat in ...

    Article : 556 words
  14. MORLEY ON HOME RULE.

    The possibility of Mr: Morley or any other statesman of the day carrying Home Rule is no more within our powers of calculation than the possibility of the House of Lords being abolished, and a constitutional monarchy being ...

    Article : 504 words
  15. HOMOEOPATHY.

    Sir,—In your issue of 30th June fast, I promised you statistics on hmooepathy. The following is from the Homoeopathic League, Tract No. 5, and is worthy of the attention of medical legislators and those who are about to ...

    Article : 268 words
  16. WAR AND STRATEGY.

    If "the man who has commanded an army has done more for his country than any writer on strategy or military history," then we might say that the man who plays a good. game of chess does a better thing than he who expounds ...

    Article : 334 words
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