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...contribute liberally without feeling it. But there are many who should not be asked to contribute at all. I think that nobody should feel that he is under the slightest obligation to contribute, as he is in the case of the Class Fund, or that one man should feel obliged to subscribe because another does...
...Harvard Man is a very presentable specimen. He has nice curly whiskers and beautifully cropped hair, a brand-new crimson ribbon on his hat, English-cut clothes, a striped ulster, and an eye-glass; and when he speaks, he murmurs in a soft, melodious voice. In short, he seems a superior being, gotten up regardless of expense...
There is much that is contradictory and paradoxical about the Harvard man. He will discourse mellifluously through the day on the subject of Sweetness and Light and the Demoralizing Tendencies of American Life, and then will spend the evening smashing glass in a variety theatre. He is great in theories, - he has one ready for every occasion, - but when you get him down to practice, he is n't there. Too much trouble, really, you know! He can reform the world, - on paper, - but is too fond of his diurnal cigarette and siesta to pitch in and carry...
...Harvard Man feels dead sure that he is in love with every pretty girl he meets. He is equally certain that she is hopelessly in love with...
Taking him as a whole, however, and reckoning up all his failings, merits, virtues, and vices, there remains one thing that may be safely predicted of the Harvard Man: he is always a gentleman...