Word: prophetic
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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LIGHT of my eyes and constant solace of my soul, many a time has the humblest of your slaves meant to draw aside the curtain of his being to you; but, although he has been silent while among these dogs of Giaours (whom may the Prophet roast in Gehenna !) he has not ceased to think of his Beeghaz, for how truly has our divine poet Hafiz* said...
...mosque as best I could, and, putting the finger of perplexity in the mouth of deliberation, I asked a harmless-looking youth of the tribe called Soffamaw, what it was the will of the Mollahs of the place that I should do next. "Oh!" said he, (and may the Prophet singe his beard!)* "you must go to Or-phiz; every one goes to Or-phiz. Knock at the door, and ask the reverend Mollah with the white beard for his wife, the moon-faced Messisahriz." By the word wife these dogs mean the principal lady of the harem. Salaaming...
...past, my prophet, is no liar...
...meeting '78 decided to make some changes in the usual Class Day exercises. In the forenoon ivy planting with an oration and poem is proposed; in the afternoon the exercises at the hall will be as usual, but at the grove the class prophecy and the prophecy on the prophet will be substituted for the customary oration, and the squabble between Sophomores and Freshmen will be omitted. The promenade concert will be held on the campus Wednesday evening. A platform will be erected, and the grounds and buildings illuminated with Japanese lanterns...
...which we do not attempt to deny, if the College can afford to make a useful improvement in one building, then, a fortiori, it can afford to make indispensable improvements in others. We know we speak to deaf ears, but it is better to be a Cassandra than no prophet...