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

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Qmserfcattoe Efctton on Qast f S bebelopments toljiclj are precebeb bv bef= inite inbicattons Ijabe a fair presumption in tfjeir fabour, so tfjose ujljicfj bo but contrabict anb reberse the course of boctriue tohiclj Ijas been bebelopeb before tfjem, anb out of tuljiclj tfjep spring, are certainly corrupt; for a corruption is a bebelopment in tljat state in which it ceases to illustrate, anb begins to bisturb, tlje acquisitions gaineb in its prebious historp. 31 true bebelopment map be besctibeb as one bjijicij is conserbatibe of tlje course of antecebeut bebelopments, being really tfjose antecebents anb something besibes tljem; it tsf an abbition bjljiclj illustrates, not obscures, corrob= orates, not corrects, tlje bobi of tljougljt from tohicb it proceebs.

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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.

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Ql) r o n t r Vt 3 ur it [ijile ibeas libe in men ' s minbs, tfjep are eber enlarging into fuller bebelopment. imilarlp, tobile an ibea libes in reality, toljile it is tije bital force of an institution, it cannot remain Static. 3!t must preserbe its nature, bebelop accorb= ins to its principles, assimilate extraneous matter, anb abbauce logically, step bp Step. Jf it reacljes its ?enitl) anb grobjth stops, bissolution sets in. Jn tlje realm of fenotolebge, Jjotoeber, no ultimate in grobJtlj can be adjiebeb. Eljere is no perfection of bebelopment beponb trnjicfj a unibersitp cannot go. Chronic bigour, tljeu, is a special note of its life anb true bebelopment.