A significant remark was made by Dr. Brooks in his sermon on Sunday morning, - "And now it is the privilege of festival times like these . . . that the college feels anew its relation to the whole of things. . . . . On his birthday, when he stops his work to gather up his life, the man knows himself more than the individual; the whole humanity to which he belongs grows dear to him." The greatest benefit of the celebration just over is the lasting influence of its inspiration, in giving the students at once a clear conception of the real meaning of college work. There is not a man who has not been lifted up above the drudgery of every-day work and been shown the true great meaning of the whole in its relation with the outside world. We all feel an inspiration to attack the work with new vigor, when we know that such men as were on the stage in Sanders on Monday have all been in our places and sympathize with us. If Lowell and Holmes, and Bancroft, have been through our experiences, have lived in the very rooms of some of us, there must be something in this college life worth living for after all.