Word: writing
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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Some tuneful strains to write...
...have the art of poetry by all means; nay, let us even have a professor of poetry (Mr. Rhetor Beduzle suggested). Let us have society poetry, class poetry, elective poetry, youthful-soaring poetry, poetry by the cord. Let us, for literary exercise, think in poetry, and write chemical reactions in rhythm, and for economy kindle our fires with glowing thoughts. But let us not be surprised if the spirit of Poesy visits us but seldom. Practice may improve metre and the combination of words, but the spirit of Poesy, with her mysterious beauty, comes unexpectedly and vanishes quickly. In silence...
...write flash articles for trashy papers...
...feel obliged to repeat to some of our contributors what has been said so often before, and ask them to use a little more judgment in their selection of subjects. To find a good subject upon which to write, we know from sad experience is a difficult thing; for the columns of a college paper, to be readable, cannot be open to a very wide range of discussion, and consequently, from this necessary limitation of choice, interesting topics are hard to be found...
...should be so misapplied, at the expense of his columns, so hungry for copy. The most favorite subject seems to be "Popular Men"; and these rather indefinite creatures are made the objects of sarcasm and raillery, and the system of society elections and class politics meets with vehement abuse. Writing on such matters is absurd. We know, all of us, that our "systems," like all others, have their faults; we know, too, that to attempt to revolutionize them would be ridiculous. As matters stand at present, classes get on smoothly enough; then why try, by circulating discontented and inflammatory ideas...