Word: forgetful
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...that thou never wilt forget...
...been measured farther out, and we shall take steps to settle this point at once, and if the measurement is wrong, it will be rectified in the early spring. We regret extremely that any such mistake, if mistake it prove to be, should have occurred, but men seem to forget that fast time cannot be made on any track unless they really train, and if there was a single man in last Saturday's races who had trained himself into the pink of condition, we failed to notice him. Several gentlemen have ridden over the track on their bicycles...
...cripples the Association somewhat, and makes it averse to a repetition of the experiment at present. Meanwhile the directors have begun a vigorous canvass of the College, in which we wish them all success. Not a few men seem ignorant of the existence of a reading-room, and others forget that it is supported by the subscriptions of students. All these cannot do better than join the association at once...
...would be a great saving of time and trouble if a list of the occupants of the Dormitories, with the numbers of their rooms, were posted on the ground-floors of the different entries. Strangers, especially, are apt to be bewildered; even if they do not forget the number of the room they are looking for, they generally get into the wrong entry, and wander aimlessly around until some one comes to their rescue. The difficult question to answer is, what material is stout enough to resist the attacks of the gentlemen who prowl around in search of trophies. Ordinary...
...groups by Mr. Pach. Men would come sauntering into the studio half an hour late, and ask, with an innocent air, whether it was not almost time for the picture to be taken. Such men, that is, those of them who knew that their presence was necessary, seemed to forget that they were delaying, not merely their own group, but all the others that followed. It is not necessary for us to enlarge upon the advantages that are to be gained by punctuality. We only wish that it could be practised more in our various meetings, as well...