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...Sargent retired from legal business, traveled abroad, and on his return settled down to the life of a scholar. The library which he collected was one of the finest in the country. He was very fond of German and Latin and translated many poems from each language...
...sensation" of the November Century will probably be, to those readers who are fond of exciting narratives, the beginning of W. Woodville Rockhill's trip through Tibet. Mr. Rockhill was secretary of the U. S. legation at Pekin whence he started on his nine months' trip through a territory never before traversed by a white...
Those who see the freshman eleven often complain of the utter lack of spirit which is shown. It is a matter which we feel disposed to speak harshly about, for we see a freshman team throwing away all its practice time and living in fond hope that strength may come from somewhere. We can assure the freshmen that if a solid rush line is not formed and if the game is not thoroughly understood by every one, all the help it is possible for them to get later will be of little...
...week or two earlier than they otherwise would be enabled to go. If every freshman subscribes the most he can afford, there will be no cause for Harvard men to grumble that Ninety three's crew was defeated by Yale for lack of class enthusiasm and want of fond for proper training...
...student who searches more deeply into the annals of American history, who looks carefully into the chronicles and letters of the revolutionary period, Jefferson's life is more that of a farmer and a country gentleman, than of the politician. From his boyhood up he exhibited a fondness for nature, for horses of all sorts, etc. Like Webster, too, he was fond of hunting and fishing, and in the season, Monticello never wanted for game while its master was at home. Monticello was not the home of his boyhood, but was inherited by him in his early manhood. The care...