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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...told the truth. A cruel smile...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A TALE FOR THE TIMES. | 12/5/1873 | See Source »

Carriages come, and fair faces smile for an instant, then fade...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLASS-DAY-HARVARD-1873. | 6/20/1873 | See Source »

...reason that such customs are not indulged in, though it is not best to be too inquisitive on that point. Hint to a collegian that he has stolen certain "ornaments" in his room, and he will resent it as an insult; accuse him of "ragging" them, and he will smile blandly,-the odium attached to the word "steal" is gone. In Germany, a student in the gymnasium is called a "frog," and in his first half-year after entering a university he is termed a "fox," which is equivalent to our "Freshman." Why he should be thus called...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLLEGE NOMENCLATURE. | 6/20/1873 | See Source »

SOPHOMORE (apparently stumped). Well, ah-he began by saying-ah-(a radiant smile begins to spread itself over his countenance)-"Mr. President."- Mercury...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 6/2/1873 | See Source »

...inborn. It is not an easy part to assume, and all labor will be in vain unless there exist a priori some natural adaptation for it. One must learn to have perfect control of himself, his watchfulness must never relax; for one little word, one involuntary smile, may destroy a reputation which it has taken years to acquire. The world does not ask for truth, does not ask if a character be genuine; but it does ask that it be consistent with itself...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE DIGNITY OF SILENCE. | 6/2/1873 | See Source »

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