St Louis University - Archive Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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H o g t r a I @e q u r n r e Vf Jjings and tljeir unberlping ibeas bePelop Step by step. titertoarbs, tfje logical character tofjiclj tlje ujljole tuears attests tljat tije process Ijas been a true bePelopment, not a perPersion or corruption, from its ePident natural= ness, anb m Some cases from tlje grabitp, bistinct= ness, precision, anb majesty of its abPance, anb from tfje Ijarmonp of its proportions, like tlje tall grotutlj, anb graceful urancljing, anb ricfj foliage of Some uegetaule probuction. ©je unibersitp in tlje content of its teacljing, in its policy, metljobs, anb actiPities, must be but an expression, an tn= terual bialecttcal unfolbing of tlje original ibea, so tljat tljat ibea is potentially tlje actually existing unibersity.

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Qotoer of 3sstmtlatton if ' bateber l)as life is characteri eb bj grototf), so ttjat in no respect to groto is to cease to line. 3ft grotos bp taking into its oton Substance external materials. |£ o, in a center of universal trutb, facts anb opinions, tofjidj ijabe Intfjerto been regarbeb in otljer relations anb groupeb rounb otljer centers, tjencefortlj are grabuallp at= tracteb to a neto influence anb subjecteb to a neb) sobereign. ' Qfytp are mobifieb, laib boton afresf), tljrust asibe, as tlje case map be. 2i neto element of orber anb composition Ijas come among tljem, anb its life is probeb bp tfjis capacity of expansion, toitfj= out bisarrangement or bissolution. .n eclectic, conSerbatibe, assimilating, Ijealing, moulbing pro= cess, a unitibe potoer, is of tlje essence, anb a tbirb test, of faitfjful bebelopment.

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nttrtpatton ot its fiuture vf nstances of a bebelopment toljicf) is to come, ttjouglj bague anb isolateb, map occur from tlje berp first, tljougtj a lapse of time be necessary to bring tljem to perfection. 3t is in no toise strange tfjat Ijere anb tljere befinite specimens of present teacfjing anb metljobs sljoulb Ijabe berp earlp occurreb, toljiclj in tlje historical course are not founb till tobap. ZZDfjc fact of suclj earlp or re= curring intimations of tenbencies toljiclj noto are fullp reali eb is a sort of ebibence tljat tljese later anb more SpStematic fulfillments are onlp in accorb= ance toitlj tlje original ibea. . notfjer ebibence, tljen, of tlje faithfulness of tljese bebelopments is tljeir Definite anttCtpattOn in tlje earlier IjiStorp of tlje ibea of tlje unibersitp.