Word: soldier
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...class of 1857 are now being put up in Memorial. On one is Epaminondas, and underneath, the Spartan mother giving the shield to her son. On the other is Sir Philip Sidney, and beneath, the scene at the battle of Zutphen, where that knight gives the wounded soldier his own cup of water...
...been it doesn't matter; but late at night I was crossing Jarvis Field on my way home, when suddenly I saw before me a tall white figure. I stared in amazement, for the figure looked strangely familiar, and I recognized that it was no other than the soldier from the top of the monument on the Common. "Heavens," thought I, "he has heard of the Harvard Rifle corps, and has come to join it." I was about to tell him that he had mistaken the time, when he silently beckoned me to follow him, and stalked away with...
...this very moment the Bell gave one loud peal, and fell prostrate before me. There, in our very midst, standing with implacable look, was the dreaded Jones himself. The soldier on guard had failed to warn us of his approach, and all was lost. Confusion reigned; the Gargoyles started on a run for Memorial, the Pumps stood helplessly trembling and shedding tears, the Bulletin Board nimbly crawled under the benches, and the Bell, half strangled by the grip of Jones, filled the air with the most shocking profanity. Terror-stricken, I took to my heels, and never stopped until safe...
...Spirituality - you see, - reverence, veneration, very small and there 's development here," passing his hand over the back of Renardy's head and neck; "that the Boston folks, you know, don't like in their ministers, though it's popular enough down in Brooklyn. You 'd make a good soldier, now, - large nose...
...memory it was built, though they fought against the South, did so from principle; the Southerners too, being actuated by a like principle, would deserve and receive like praise; it was not principle, but the mere circumstance of living in Massachusetts or South Carolina (say), which decided whether a soldier should wear the blue or the gray...