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...reported that in order to settle the much-disputed question of the football championship, Princeton has informed Yale that she would accept a challenge from Yale, the match to be played in the spring. If at the end of two innings neither side is ahead, play is to be continued in hour rounds, until one side wins...
...first visited a very neat little piece [obscure, piece of what?] with whom I passed a delightful evening [very vague]; but towards the end of our chat I became painfully aware that I had not accomplished my object, so I turned the conversation from morning prayers to early marriages. My young friend seemed to think I was meditating something of the sort [what sort?] and to consider it a huge joke [why?], for she only called me a silly boy as she bade me a "touching" [ambiguous] good...
...have probably seen enough notices of her. I mean in this letter to give you some hints as to your conduct when you come to Harvard next year. I think I can do so more impartially than any one else now, for I have so nearly reached the end of college life that I can look upon its failures and successes with discrimination...
...love her love could end...
...English language and literature a foremost place in our curriculum, - not to encourage a faithful critical investigation of the common speech of two great Saxon nations. That speech is surely as worthy of attention as is Hebrew or Sanskrit; and its demands need not even interfere with the one end and aim of life, - a thorough knowledge of the noble dialect of Athens...