Mistakes of Educated Men

An address "prepared on the invitation of the Phrenakosmian society of Pennsylvania college, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and... delivered at the annual commencement of the college, September 18, 1861." Brown cloth 12mo; 77, (1), 3pp. Ink signature of Henry H. Suplee to title page, pencil signatures to glazed brown endpapers. Lacking backstrip with boards exposed at corners and edges, else Good with discoloration to flyleaves but textblock crisp and bright. Issued in several early editions (this third printed the same year as the second), now scarce.

The necessity of physical conditioning for performing mental labor is a recurring point, with another emphasis on social development. "We must cease to count gunning and boating and bowling among the seven deadly sins... Let him have a little thoughtless fun. It will do him infinitely more good than lonely walks or swinging at dumb bells." (20) He encourages the young graduates to stay current with advancements in their fields, as well as study outside their primary disciplines—to generally keep in touch with the world around them, avoiding the mistakes of narrow mindedness and tunnel vision.