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...Man would loaf to a degree...
...building; we even doubt if the new fire-ladders would be on hand promptly, not to say well managed; and the leisurely way the Cambridge Fire Department proceeds to a fire inspires us with no confidence. So, as far as we can see, the alternative for a man in the top story of Weld, Matthews, or Thayer, with the firemen below him, would be to jump or burn, while a flexible or stationary iron ladder attached to the outside of the Hall, at the time would save his life, and satisfy now the apprehensions of a few alarmists, if such...
...must be said that there are some queer stories afloat in Hartford about a little performance decidedly hurtful to Harvard's success, in which a certain Hartford sporting man, with heavy bets on Yale, some gallons of punch, and some six members of the Harvard Nine, figured prominently the night before the match...
...Well," said he, "I was the only man that went down that did n't get cleaned out. And I bet heavily...
...took out his purse. "Well, I've only five dollars; hand us over some of your money, it's easier to understand when the pool's large. That's right, - five, ten, - good Heavens! fifty dollars, - that will make a jolly pool. You're a rich man, Morris...