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...pangs of exile which Dante suffered were added the pangs of disappointment. The whips and stings which be had to bear drove him at length to take refuge within himself and there in the sanctuary of his own soul he found the peace and security he had yearned for. Never was there a greater difference between the outer and inner life than we see at this time in Dante. The hand of man had let him go, and he grasped the hand...
...deep gloomy forest, not knowing how he had come there or where he was. His mind seemed weighed down with heaviness as if he had just awakened from a deep sleep. After trying for some time to find his way out of the wood, he came at length to the foot of a mountain, over which the sun was setting, spreading its red gold rays in a beautiful glow upon the summit. The poet, longing to reach the light and leave the gloomy forest depths behind, begins to ascend the mountain, when he meets a spotted leopard, which makes...
...circle, at the entrance to which stands Minos, who assigns to the spirits their proper places in Hell. Leaving Minos they continue along a rocky cliff, past which rushes the tempest that carries along in its mad career the sinners that have subjected reason to lust. They came at length to a broad flood, where lost wretches are struggling with the waters, as the poets cross, the sinners reach up imploring hands to them, while the savage boatman flings back those who try to climb upon the boat, bidding them go back to the other dogs...
...attention of the proper authorities to what seems to me a much-needed precaution against fire. This precaution, small in itself, and involving little labor or expense, might possibly be the means of saving one of our College buildings. In all the dormitories large notices are placed describing at length where the fire apparatus is stored, and at the very end of a confusing list of ladders, axes, etc., there is a notice telling where the fire boxes are and where the keys may be found. Now it seems to me that the position of the boxes and keys...
John Keast, Yale's veteran boatbuilder, has just completed a fine eight-oared barge for the class of '97 of Wellesley College. The barge is forty-five feet in length and three feet beam, and is constructed throughout of Spanish cedar...