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popular university, a place of higher learning for the mass of people. clarification, act or process of making clear.
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“ten-cent magaines,” popular magazines, commonly trashy or sensational, and sold for ten cents, so that all may buy them to read.
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synthetic, formed by artificial synthesis—the art or process of making or “building up” a compound by a union of simpler compounds or of its elements.
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groping, feeling our way as in the dark; proceeding tentatively.
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Questions
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1. From what point of view is Mr. James considering the value of college education?
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2. What does he mean by the phrase “help you to know a good man when you see him”?
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3. What contrast is usually made between colleges and business, technical, or professional schools? How far do such schools develop critical sense?
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4. What is meant by the humanities? When is a study of humanity?
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5. What should be gained from a study of the humanities?
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6. Why is it important to recognize superiority?
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7. Why is it important in a democracy that the people should know good men? What do critics of American democracy claim?
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8. What are the sole factors active in human progress?
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9. Explain the meaning of “The rivalry of the patterns is the history of the world.”
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10. How may the democratic problem be stated?
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11. How does the value of the educated class then define itself?
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12. In what way may the group of college graduates be compared with the autocracy in older countries?
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13. How is the function of the college-bred in a democracy like that of the pilot on a ship?
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14. By what does real culture live?
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15. What is meant by “tone”?
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16. How are certain magizines competing with the college-bred in indicating the better men?
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17. In conclusion, what formula describes best the results at which colleges ought to aim?
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参考译文
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【作品简介】
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《大学生的社会价值》，作者威廉·詹姆斯，载于《麦克卢尔杂志》第30卷，419页。后收入斯科特及泽特林编写的《大学英语散文选读》，纽约麦克米伦公司1920年出版，137—144页。
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