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      Sr. Dunstan's Hotjsk, E.C. December ;15, 1887. , -

      Sr . Dunstan ' s Hotjsk , E . C . December ; 15 , 1887 . ,

      When Politician^Eschew The Rancour Of In...

      WHEN politician ^ eschew the rancour of invective debate , and for a time direct their

      own thoughts and the thoughts of their hearers to studies that are more temperate , noble , and

      precious to mankind than party strife , their utterances utterances are are listened listened to to with witn an an excess excess of or v

      attention . Some observers are possibly astounded when they see leaders of fiercely

      declamatory factions brushing off the rhetorical war-paint and taking places in peaceful guise

      as Mentors of sedate communion with great minds . The English people should be proud

      of the number of their statesmen who are capable a . of taking this position : they should

      be especially proud of the men who iji a trice , so to speak , can discard the vehemence of party

      polemics and teach the wisdom and beauty of milder studies .

      Mr . A . J . Balfour , tho Secretary for Ireland , has lately shown tho public his versatility

      in this respect : his admonition on the subject of ' Reading / delivered as a rectorial inaugural

      address to the students of St . Andrews University being a remarkable instance of what

      , in so far as he is concerned , may be called extra-mural reflection . The Rector of a

      Scottish University holds a peculiar position . He is , or is supposed to be , the representative of

      the students , chosen by themselves to speak and act in their interests in the academical

      Senate . ' When it is borne in mind how far politics f *~ has in recent year * s impregnate ! ¦¦ * d nearly

      every social institution connected with what are oddly called the ' classes and masses / it is

      not surprising that the contagion should reach the somewhat turbulent ranks of students

      preparing to enter upon the serious business of life , and so it is that Rectors , as a rule ,

      represent the political views of the majority of the alumni at the various universities . But ,

      though elected on account of political

      greatness , the Rector must not speak of politics in jsb \ — , « -

      his inaugural address . He must look about

      for some subject of a less exciting nature , therefore he chooses themes tending to impress

      upon the minds of his youthful constituents the necessity for diligence , method and

      directness in study . * - * Reading' is one of the best subjects that

      could be chosen , and Mr , Balfour has followed the example of the late Lord Iddesleigh in

      selecting it as the groundwork of his inaugural address . Lord IddesleigVs address has taken

      its proper place as a masterpiece of intellectual guidance to the beauties of our English

      literature . Since his memorable , lecture was delivered the theme has become sadly hackneyed ,

      but it has too much vitality to be injured hy the puerile trifling i of ' Hundred Best Books '

      •™ ~ ~ men . Nevertheless , Mr . Balfour showed boldness in his selection , with the result that those

      who have the pleasure of reading his address will not readily forget \ m ^ the eloquence JL of his

      style , nor the breadth and truth of his conclusions .- A good deal of Mr . Balfour ' s matter

      touched Mr . Frederic Harrison ' s recently published work on the ' Choice of Books . ' Mr .

      Harrison's index expurgatoriusin Mr . Balfour ' s opinion , includes the whole , catalogue of the

      — < 3 British Museum , with the exception of some thirty or forty volumes . But the newly in

      stalled Rector does not agree with Mr . Harrison in his sweeping condemnation of the

      prevailing multiplicity of books : he asks , * Has miscellaneous reading the dreadful

      consequences which Mr . Harrison depicts ? Has it any of them 1 His [ Mr . Harrison ' s ]

      declani-— ^ - -j tions about the intellect being " gorged and enfeebled" by the absorption of too much

      information expresses , no doubt , with great vigour , an analogy , for which there is high

      authority , between the human mind and tho human stomach ; but surely it is an analogy

      which may be easily pressed too far . I have often heard of the individual whose excellent

      natural gifts have been so overloaded with _ -u . , = d

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 15, 1887, page 1798, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15121887/page/4/