There is an old saw to the effect that "time and tide wait for no man." Years of experience have convinced nearly all the denizens of this world that the saying, like many others of a kindred nature, contains a very large proportion of truth. In fact this truth has stood the test of so many seasons that it has ceased to be a subject of more than passing thought to anyone. Now, when a man; in the face and eyes of the world, or at least so much of the world as is contained within the walls of Memorial; in direct opposition to all the behests of reason, boldly attempts, not only to make time wait but also to go back and retrace his steps, is it a matter of surprise that wonder and amazement fall upon all beholders?

Such a brazen attempt to weaken, in our young minds, the influence of these time-honored sayings of our ancestors is in itself bad enough, and might be enlarged upon to a much greater extent, but that there is another and a more important side to the question. This other side is, perhaps, rather a matter of opinion as to expediency than anything else. If our modern Joshua is to perform his great act every morning, would it not be just as easy for him to do it twenty minutes earlier? It is anything but conducive to good digestion and good temper to eat one's breakfast hurriedly, under the impression that the hour of chapel is upon us, and then when the clock says 8.40 have the hands set carefully back to 8.31. We would not be understood as taking offence at the slight put upon Father Time, but we would like to see the old gentleman regulated a little earlier in the morning.

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