Word: graces
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Each rolling year adds but a tender grace...
...dazzlingly, there swept so much of grace...
...stars that grace the skies...
...That grace the waving fields where'er they roam...
...religious convictions of the students would secure the presence of a large number at every exercise. The longest editorial in the paper is directed against the heinous sin of Sabbath-breaking, which appears to be startlingly prevalent in New Haven. It appears that the students at first fell from grace by yielding to the temptation to rest on Saturday and to study on Sunday. The "conscience, stretched by this relaxation," soon permitted others, and "whist, poker, and Sunday-evening visits to Temple Street" - whatever that may mean - soon became common. These sins, horrible as they were, affected only the sinners...