THE YALE LITERARY MAGAZINE. CONDUCTED BY THE =STUDENTS OF YALE COLLEGE=. [Illustration] “Dum mens grata manet, nomen laudesque Yalenses Cantabunt Soboles, unanimique Patres.” NO. III. APRIL, 1836. NEW HAVEN: HERRICK & NOYES. MDCCCXXXVI. CONTENTS. Page. Prejudice and Scepticism, 81 Sonnet, 85 Dramatic Fragment, 86 The Coffee Club, No. I. 89 The Fairies’ Bower, 97 The Influence of Moral Feeling upon the Pleasures of the Imagination, Essay No. I. 98 Columbia’s Banner, 100 Story and Sentiment, No. III. 101 Sonnet, 111 Review--Drake’s Poems, 111 The Double Disappointment, 120 Greek Anthology, No. III. 125 THE YALE LITERARY MAGAZINE. VOL. I. APRIL, 1836. NO. 3. PREJUDICE AND SCEPTICISM. “A little learning is a dangerous thing: Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.” This hackneyed distich is most frequently used to convey an idea of that arrogant confidence which attends the first superficial acquisitions in knowledge, and the characteristic diffidence of the profound mind. Whether this is the impression intended to be conveyed by its excellent author, it is not necessary to inquire: it evidently involves a principle, which is illustrated by the history of every nation, and has an important application to our own.