Word: linguistic
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Though never very studious after this, Motley was a brilliant linguist. He devoted most of his time to literature. Shelley and Praed were his favorite poets. He amused himself by writing sketches, poems, fragments of plays, etc., some of which were printed in the papers of the day, and two poems appeared in the college paper, - the Collegian...
...need not say much. You are not fool enough to throw away your money on second-rate second-hand editions of ancient classics, nor yet to overload yourself with modern English novels. French novels are all right, and a few of them will help your reputation as a linguist. The only rule that I shall bore you with is never to read - far less buy - any book that is not worth talking about. Within that limit you had better pick up anything that you happen to fancy; and in the end you will find that you have a good general...
...Chess Club is fairly formed, the societies which exist among us would appear at first sight to offer opportunities for the cultivation of any imaginable taste. The athlete has admirable facilities for developing ad infinitum his rowing, batting, or kicking powers; the linguist can revel in the Cercle Francais and the Der Verein; the Natural History Society promotes the interest of science; while the S. Paul's and the Christian Brethren offer spiritual comfort to gentlemen of a serious turn. Social, literary, and artistic organizations are not wanting; but there is a lack, - for there is no body...