Can it be that we do not love to be reminded that we are very young and callow in a world that was old when we came into it? And could here be a strong resistance to the certainty that a living world will continue its stately way when we no longer inhabit it?

There is much to be said on both sides, and the fonts gathered at the daily meetings of the Hot Stove League have already begun to do full justice to the sale of Boston’s colossal fence buster.

The Hub of the Universe, also known as the Athens of America, is undeniably “het up” on the prospects of next season. It is possible that unscholarly persons will rise and remark that the prevailing excitement concerning a man who merely made 29 home runs is unbecoming Boston’s reputation as a center of learning. If any assertion of that sort is made, it will only indicate a lack of classical culture.