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...toward the window, are raw and bloody and caked with the dust of a long and fearful tramp. What was his name? Whence came he, and whither was he going? What strong, strong impulse drove him to such a journey? Whom was he seeking, or from whom did he flee? No scrap of paper tells. We can only guess that the sturdy frame bore a great weight, and that those bleeding feet were dragged over many a terrible league, and that before he reached the great city, only to drop dead in the street, that resolute soul was convulsed with...
...bell. Ni-or-ai says: "All my sorrow is expressed by the voice of the bell. When the wicked ones in hell hear its sound they forget for a time their torments, and, confessing their sins, pray to be received into Heaven. It also causes the devils to flee." This caused me to have Ko-ga-wa make this bell in memory of many rejoicing believers...
...toll the great bell some fine morning when the clouds will allow the comet to be visible. If our correspondent who objected to the ringing of the bell on Sunday nights, as being a thing "that would not be tolerated in large cities," cannot stand these innovations, let him flee these classic shades. We hope that the college will lose no time in adopting this suggestion, so worthy of Vassar...
...uniforms. These expenses, borne throughout by the individual players, have grown to be pretty heavy, and in spite of their constant victories, there is no promise of better times in the future. It is ungenerous, to say the least, in the college to applaud their success, and immediately flee from too great an exhibition of zeal, lest it should be drawn into subscription. However the case may be, the team must not feel discouraged; they have already shown so much pluck in the face of adverse circumstances, that we hope to applaud their future victories...
...this book credited to their true authors, we fear we should be held for high treason; for what a ludicrous lowering of dignities there would be! If it were to be known that an overseer of Harvard once penned Horatian stanzas of the following sort, where would all authority flee...