Showing posts with label Debating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Debating. Show all posts

Thursday, January 29, 2026

Diary of Private Lewis C. Paxson, Wednesday, January 14, 1863

Very blustery. Debate on anticipation and possession.

SOURCE: Lewis C. Paxson, Diary of Lewis C. Paxson: Stockton, N.J., 1862-1865, p. 11

Friday, September 26, 2025

Diary of Private Lewis C. Paxson: Wednesday, December 10, 1862

We held second session of Co. Lyceum, Question: "Which is most pleasing to the eye of man Nature or Art." I took the affirmative. Decided in the affirmative.

SOURCE: Lewis C. Paxson, Diary of Lewis C. Paxson: Stockton, N.J., 1862-1865, p. 9

Diary of Private Lewis C. Paxson: Friday, December 12, 1862

I went to singing school. Organized a post lyceum, Capt. Rolla Banks, president. Question for next week: "Are Mankind Advancing Toward Perfection?" Affirmative: Wright, Marsh and Buck; negative: Kinney, Paxson and Brown.

SOURCE: Lewis C. Paxson, Diary of Lewis C. Paxson: Stockton, N.J., 1862-1865, p. 9

Diary of Private Lewis C. Paxson: Wednesday, December 17, 1862

Debating society. "Is Mankind Advancing?" Affirmative, Wright, Marsh, Buck; negative, Kinney, Paxson, Brown.

SOURCE: Lewis C. Paxson, Diary of Lewis C. Paxson: Stockton, N.J., 1862-1865, p. 10