99. Is the loss of sight, or of speech, the greater deprivation? 100. Of making changes in the political constitution of free states, easy (Deliberative Discussion.) 101. The history of Astronomy. (Disquisition.) 102. The grounds for thinking that the Malaria will eventually depopulate Rome. (Philosophical Disputation.) 103. The effects on American literature, of a community of language with England. (Literary Discussion.) 104. The comparative advantages of Western Africa and Hayti, for colo nizing free blacks. (Deliberative Discussion.) 1C5. A history of English Literature, in which some notice may be taken of the origin and progress of the language, the influx of different terms; the peculiar styles which from age to age have been predominant; the writers who have contributed to vary, and those who have assisted in fixing its present form, structure and character; the influence of the introduction of scientific terms, the Latin and Greek style, the French style; the Saxon peculiarities, -an enumeration of the writers who may be considered as of standard authority, the poets the historians, the essayists, the moral, metaphysical, religious philological, philosophical and scientific writers, the copiousness, precision, force, and elegance of the language; the prospects of its alteration, extinction, or universal prevalence, the character, style. beauties, defects and influence of the writings of the respective distinguished authors of each age, the subjects which they treated, and the interest felt by the civilized world in general on these subjects respectively. [These hints will probably furnish subjects for many dissertations, disquisitions, &c., connected wito the history of English Literature.] SUBJECTS FOR POEMS IN ENGLISH, LATIN, GREEK, &C. 1. Numina Veterum, or the Ancient Divinities. 2. Nature, the source of poetic inspiration. 3. On the discovery of Herculaneum. (Greek.) 4. On the pleasures and pains of the student. 5. On the pursuit of fame. 6. Ode to fancy. 7. Eloquence. 8. Anticipation. 9. A vision of ambition. 10. The missionary. 11. Ad spem. (Latin.) To hope. 12. Novelty. (Greek.) Tape vorrntos. 13. Ad pacem. (Latin.) 14. Contemplation. 15 On fame. 16. On rank and titles. 17. On civil liberty. 18 Refinement. SUBJECTS FOR DISSERTATIONS. 1. On diversity of talents among mankind. 2. On the dependence of the mental operations on the condition of the corporeal frame. 3. On the causes of the superiority of character in modern Europe. 4. On the causes, which, independently of their merit, have contributed to elevate the ancient classics. 5. Milton and Homer contrasted and compared. 6. On the literature of the Romans, as affected by their government, re ligion, and state of society. 7. The influence of the fine arts upon religion. 8. The interest attached to places where distinguished persons have dwelt, or which poets have commemorated. 9. The importance of a popular history, in which the actions of men shall be represented according to the principles of the Christian religion. 0. The peculiar facilities, in modern times, for effecting great purposes in government and in religion. 11. A comparison of the domestic life of the ancient Greeks and Romans and that of our own countrymen. 12. On the influence of Christianity in producing the moral and intellectual revival of Europe, after the dark ages. 13. On the utility of the study of political economy, considered in relation to our own country. 14. On the necessity of public and private patronage, to the advancement of literature in our country. 15. The geological age of the world. 16 Agitation, as a means of effecting reform. 17. The conflict of duties. 18. On the benefit accruing to an individal from a knowledge of the physi cal sciences. 19. On Christianity, as affecting our domestic habits. 20. Severity of manners in a republic. 21. Heaven lies about us in our infancy. 22. The influence of fashion on our moral judgments. 23. The power of the law in free states. 24. The character of Chief Justice Marshall. 25. Distinctions of rank in the United States. 26. The encouragement to young men to educate themselves, exclusively or chiefly for high political offices. 27. Originality of thought supposed to be necessarily lessened as the world grows older. 28. Modes of publishing, circulating, and perpetuating literary works in different ages and countries. 29. Lafayette. 30. The irresponsibleness of anonymous writings. 31. The respect due from conquerors to works of art. 32. The effect of maritime enterprises on the intellectual character of a nation. 33. The field opened for men of enterprise in the West. 34. Respect for public monuments, whether triumphal or for the dead. 35. Character and writings of Sir James Mackintosh. 36. Literary character of our first settlers. 37. The infirmities of men of genius. 38. The prospects of genuine liberty in Europe. 39. The benefits to be derived from the institution of Lyceums. 40. The benefit accruing to an individual from a knowledge of the exact sciences. (See No. 18.) 41. Prospects of young men in the different learned professions 42. The character of Socrates. 43. Long Life. 44. On the charge of ingratitude made against republics. 45. The effect of the universal diffusion of knowledge on the well being of society. 46. The domestic life of the Romans. 47. The domestic life of the Greeks. 48. The domestic life of the ancient Egyptians. 49. On imagination and sensibility, as affected by the age of the individual 50. Of making changes in an author's works to adapt them to modern tastes. 51. On the reciprocal influence of literature and morals. 52. On simplicity and ornament in writing. 53. Characteristic defects of modern English poetry. 54. The effects of seclusion and of society upon the literary character. 55. Public opinion, as a standard of right. 56. The moral power of sympathy. 57. The different views which literary men take of the world, at their first entrance upon it. (See Colloquy, No. 15.) 58. The view which a great mind takes of its own productions. 59. The principal charges preferred against the present age, by philosophers and philanthropists. 60. Chaucer and his age. 61. Visits to remarkable places. 62. The contributions of oratory to literature. 63. The influence of the multiplication of books upon literature. 64. The effect of belief in immortality upon literature. 65. The restraints imposed, in modern times, on the warlike spirit. 66. The lyric poetry of Scotland. 67. The fate of reformers. 68. The dread of the prevalence of skepticism. 69. Ages of action and of reflection. 70. The moral tendency of the principles of Malthus. 71. The education of the senses. 72. On the acquisition and use of intellectual power. 73. The literary character of the sacred Scriptures. SUBJECTS FOR ORATIONS IN ENGLISH, FRENCH, LATIN, GREEK, SPANISH, HEBREW, &c., ESSAYS, &c. 1. The utilitarian system of education. 2. Self sacrifice. 3. Philanthropy. 4. On the names of Deity, in the Hebrew Scriptures. (Hebrew.) 5. On the old age of the scholar. 6. On the importance of classical literature. 7. On the durability of our political institutions. 8 The effect of miracles on the character of the Jews. (Hebrew.) 9. On the progress of the exact sciences in France and England. (Essay.) 10. On the progress of literature. (Greek.) 11. On the Roman character and institutions. (Latin.) 12. On the dignity, and utility of the philosophy of the human mind. 13. The aspect of revolutions on the advancement of the mind 14. On the decline of poetry. 15. On the cultivation of the taste and imagination 16. On the fallacy of history. 17. On literary evils. 18. On the influence of philosophy on Christianity. 19. On the influence of the arts and sciences on civil liberty. 20. On the different styles of eloquence prevailing at different periods of society. 21. Public opinion. 22. The spirit which should accompany our republican institutions. 23. Public station. 24. A salutary oration. 25. A valedictory oration. 20. On an acquaintance with the Spanish language and literature. (In Spanish.) 27. On the character of Byron. 28. On the progress of refinement. 29. On the condition and prospects of the American people 30. On the sublimity of the Holy Scriptures. 31. De recentioribus cum antiquis collatis; or, ancients ana moderns compared. (In Latin.) 32. On American feeling. 33. On national eloquence. 34. The influence of commerce upon letters. 35. A modern canon of criticism. 36. Supposed degeneracy of the age. 37. No good that is possible, but shall one day be real. 38. Public recreations. 39. Empiricism. 40. The literary profession. 41. Moral effort. 42. De virorum illustrium exemplis. (Latin.) The examples of illustrious men. 43. Criticism. 44. The Christian philosophy, its political application. 15. Mental refinement. 46. Popularity. 47. Decision of character, as demanded in our day and country. 48. The character of Lord Bacon. 49. The diversities of character. 50. Literary justice. 51. Superstition. 52. The influence of speculative minds. 53. American aristocracy. 54. The value of the political lessons left us by the founders of our free institutions. 55. Enthusiasm. 56. De mortuis nil nisi bonum. (Latin.) Speak no evil of the dead 57. The spirit of reform. 58. The spirit of ancient and modern education. 59. The lot of the portrayer of passion. 60. The love of truth -a practical principl. 61. The progress of man. 62. Radicalism. 63. Ancient veneration for the public. 64. The dangers of intolerance under a popular government. 65. The dangers to which the minds of young men in our country are exposed. 66. The character and prospects of the State of New York. 67. Mutation of taste. 68. Patriotism. 69. Every man a debtor to his profession. 70 Of living in times of great intellectual excitement. 71. The diffusion of scientific knowledge among the people. 72. The importance of efforts and institutions for the diffusion of know ledge. 73. Early prejudices. 74. The advancement of the age. 75. The progress of human nature. 76. Moral sublimity. 77. Home--the American home. 3. The permanence of literary fame. 79. The claims of the age on the young men of America. 80. On Physiognomy. (In Hebrew.) 81. Sur la Révolution Francaise. (French.) On the French Revolution 83. On innovation. 84. On the restoration of Greece. 85. De institutorum Americanorum eventûs et libertatis causæ conjunc tione. (Latin.) 86. The middle ages. 87. De oraculis. (Latin.) 88. The heroic character. 89. The duties of republican citizens. 90. The duties of an American citizen. 91. On republican institutions as affecting private character. 92. On imagination as affecting individual happiness. 93 On war. 94. De Romanæ libertatis et eloquentiæ casu. The decline of Roman 95. Views of happiness. 96. De Caii Marií ævo. (Latin.) The age of Caius Marius. 97. Skepticism. 98. De festis diebus qui nostra in Universitate celebrantur. (Latin.) 100. De literis Latinis. 101. The sacrifices and recompense of literary life. 102. Quid de artibus ingenuis in civitatibus America sperandum sit 104. De Locorum in animum vi. 105. Martyrdom. 106., Socrates. (Greek.) 107. De priscorum diis. (Latin.) The ancient divinities. 109. On the revolutionary spirit of modern times. 110. On the durability of the Federal Union. 111. Present influences on American literature. 112. The return to Palestine. 113. De Græcarum literarum studio. (Latin.) 114. De vitæ in Universitate nostra. 115. Elements of poetry and romance in America 116. De philosophiæ studio. 117. The pride of scholarship. 118. The physical sciences. 119 The present and former condition of Greece. (Grask.) 120. De oratoribus Americanis. 121. Periodical literature. 122. De hujus temporis indole. 123. The teacher. 124. De eloquentiæ studio in scholis nostris reglect. 125. American political influences. 126. De literarum scholis nostris. 127. The scholar's hope. 128. De rebus preteritis et presentibus. 130. Literæ Americanæ. 131. Revolutions of literature. 132. De linguæ Latinæ hoc tempore usu. |