Word: set
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...during the mid-years, and the night of the German. My heart was set on attending, but conscience would give me no peace, filling my thoughts with the next day's examinations. Hence there arose that time-honored wrangle 'twixt Duty and Inclination, in which Duty was driven from the field, for Miss Ravissante had firmly convinced me, in the irresistible logic of beauty and artful superlatives, that I was nothing less than indispensable to her enjoyment of the evening, and thus, you know, my going was really a deed of mercy...
Blow, Freshie, blow, set the wild rumor flying...
...than the expression of a hobby. From time to time enthusiasts put forth certain schemes, - one advocating the exclusive use of dumb-bells; another, a health-lift; a third, club-swinging, and so on; but the fact is, that true strength and health do not consist in having one set of muscles abnormally exercised, and the others neglected, - and this is a fact which Mr. Blaikie has been careful to keep in view...
...have good instruction, and thus the number of "hot-house" scholars might be reduced. We gladly recommend the gentlemen mentioned by our correspondent, and hope that the College authorities, usually so prompt in matters of this kind, will not feel obliged to hold back because Amherst and Yale have set them a good example...
...attracted by the form in which Cambridge society is at present offered to them, but who would enjoy an occasional evening at a professor's house. To all such students our instructors have it in their power to do great good. We hope that the example set by several professors this year will be widely imitated in the future, and that the time may soon come when the Faculty will feel that their duties to their classes are not limited by the threshold of the recitation-room...