Word: unfamiliar
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...downright dissipation, naturally bright and ambitious, urged on by a schoolmaster proud of having the opportunity to fit one man for college, and sustained by the admiration of a circle of unlettered relatives, you are, all at once, removed to a position totally different. Surroundings, duties, pleasures, everything is unfamiliar. You are, in fact, transplanted from easy-going boyhood, with loving hands ever ready to guard you from the first approach of trouble or temptation, to a station imposing upon you the responsibilities of manhood, without experience or preparation. Can it justly be a matter of surprise that at your...