The Smith College Monthly, Vol. 7

Download or read book The Smith College Monthly, Vol. 7 written by Smith College and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-08 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Smith College Monthly, Vol. 7: October, 1899 By average man I mean that great order which lies some where between the Genius and the Grub. He has always been in existence, but until the last century was rather nearer the grub end Of the series. Formerly he was a partly vicious, quite illiterate person whose function in life was chie y to be content with what he had and to do as he was bid. He was overruled on every Side, by monks, by scholars, by kings. Today he rules. He grew through the centuries, fed on gunpowder and printing, and then that heroic falsehood, All men are born free and equal, gave him a Spiritual status. Finally to-day he exists - the focus of our national life, on the one hand a miracle Of progress, for the mass of mankind on the other, a usurper Of the high places of the genius, who alone can Show mankind where to progress. 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."