Word: careering
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...this more of the true ring in it than prudential maxims about how to shape one's "career" so as to get the greatest amount of comfort with the least amount of trouble? I think that every one must feel sometimes that certain high desires and beliefs are worth more to him than anything he possesses or can ever hope to possess in this world. And must we not acknowledge that these high desires lead up to something very like "the possession of a good conscience and the contemplation of virtue," which our author affects so greatly to despise? "Affects...
...gazing at the ancient initials, guessing what sort of a fellow "J. C. W., 1792," was; whether he was a dig or a loafer, and whether he had a chum. I mean to go to the Library some day and learn all about J. C. W. and his college career. I have not time to tell of the long, late, lovely grinds I had here afterwards when I became a great student, nor of the quiet games at chess with the proctor on Saturday nights; for the shadows are growing long on the graceful curves of my time-warped floor...
...Botume gave a short history of the career of the class since its entrance, touching on its record in base-ball and boating, and alluding to the abolition of hazing as an act which the class would look back to with pride hereafter...
...that of the C. T. Co., challenging every one's attention with its representation of their implement of torture; and also that of the French Club, which has taken the symbol of eternity for its crest; so we suppose it is superfluous to wish it a long and successful career...
...which, though not in themselves sufficient to constitute a poem, would still greatly enhance the beauty of prose composition. Of course we do not advise those who feel that they are best fitted for poetry to change their manner of writing. This only applies to those beginning their literary career, who as yet are not confirmed in any style. If the writer is really a poet, his talent will show itself in whatever he writes. His poetry will be genuine, and his prose will be improved by his poetical thoughts. On the other hand...