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...youth makes no friends in Cambridge, it is stupendously his own fault. I do not say that it is impossible for a Harvard student to go off by himself, dig a hole, lie down in it, and stay there--as he might not be able to do at a small college; I do say that those who affirm Harvard to be undemocratic or to value men for their money are either misinformed or defamatory. I could name plenty of men whom heaps of money did not save from social failure in Harvard College; and even more whom narrow means...
...tolerant finis to the incident in which two of Mr. Coolidge's Marine guards were detected in a lapse of duty. Captain Adolphus ruled that one of the men, Corporal Andrew Chantos of Cleveland, should have the benefit of certain doubts as to whether he was at fault at all. He was allowed to go scot free, and Private Clarence Key, sommolent Texan, "convicted of inefficiency and neglect of duty while on post at White Court," was sentenced to one month's confinement, to lose...
Author Beresford gave up being an architect 20 years ago, to write psychological novels. His characters are structurally correct, the perspective of their situations perfect to a fault. Unfortunately, they remain largely in the blue-print stage, explicit social diagrams which their creator lacks either the wit or power to bring to life...
...banking business with Perry Adair's father's firm in Atlanta, the good greens-gangsters awaited with eagerness his return to Oakmont. His divots would they gladly pat into place, and the divots of many another, that his defense of his title might be impeded by no fault in their husbandry. The fault in their husbandry. The talk that they heard ran sometimes on other young men, besides the perennial headliners, who might give him unexpectedly stern treatment: stocky Fred Lamprecht, perhaps, the intercollegiate champion; or Lauren Upson from the Pacific Coast, another rising collegian; Don Garrick, the Canadian junior...
Before finding fault, may I express my admiration for the way in which you handle in small space complex matters apparently accurately? It is often easier to write a book than a sentence. Because of this general high level of accomplishment, it seems worth while to point out a recent misstatement...