Word: dust
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...college affairs in general. The idea of collecting this information is a good one, so far as it goes, but at present it is quite futile. They opinions expressed are carefully tabulated by the class secretary and then tucked away somewhere in the recesses of Widener, to gather dust with other neglected documents...
Consider this congregation of students: each here to study the life of his and other times. A part choke their understanding with the dust of mummies and never see that world which revolveth around them. They think that because they had to labour they have learned all of today. Another part have no knowledge from experience. They shun those who have labored, cling to themselves in order that they may hear their own thoughts from the lips of another.--most insidious flattery! Part are alone and cherish their loneliness lost they lose an illusion of superiority...
...were. The lower part was hidden in a dense growth of tropical underbrush. We hacked our way through with our machetes, shielding our eyes as best we could from the springy branches. When the foot of the tower was reached, the entrance was found to be completely blocked by dust and debris. Further efforts were necessitated, until at last the door fell open, revealing a hollow chamber free from dust and well-preserved from the ravages of time...
...been handed down by his ancestors for centuries. In olden days, it was said, there had been an unknown spirit on that mountain, and every morning, just at sunrise, he world toll out a clangor on his bell. Once people had believed that he held court had vanished into dust, the bell-ringer had been faithful to his task; until one day after a last faint peal, the sound had died away and the bell was never heard again...
...olden days, it was said, there had been an unknown spirit on that mountain, and every morning, just at sunrise, he would toll out a clangor on his bell. Once, people had believed that he held court at that hour, but even after the court had vanished into dust, the bell-ringer had been faithful to his task; until one day after a last faint peal, the sound had died away and the bell was never heard again...