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...long years ago. But in a mild form it exists at the present time, and has found its way into the sanctum of the student. We have in our little world well-marked examples of this mild misanthrope, holding himself aloof from the companionship of his classmates; forming none of those friendships which add so much to the pleasure of college life; moving within a charmed circle, the limit to which he has himself described, and inside of which he invites no one to come. Like the famed chameleon, basking in the light of his own brilliancy, but losing these...
...feel at liberty, or rather we feel it our duty, to allude in a very decided manner to certain statements relating to college matters which have lately appeared in the Boston Advertiser. We refer especially to the Advertiser of last Wednesday, in which, among other statements, - none of which, even if true, should have been published in any but a college paper, - the preliminary action of the Senior Societies in reference to the class elections was given...
...probably be more futile and certainly more absurd than one to the students; for what man, and especially what politician, is there who will not answer to the name of "honest"? Appeals to classes and to class feeling of any sort are the tools of the demagogue, of which none but he knows thoroughly the use; let him keep them. If editors and publicists are convinced that the country needs honest men, or any similar class, their exertions will be better spent in making that class more numerous in the country at large; they will then be likely to find...
...none among the nations had rebelled...
...committed for the selfish purpose of living better. The former bought a house for his parents; the others took what did not belong to them for purposes of rash speculation, or to cover debts. This is the old story over again, - each embezzler meaning to restore the funds, but none doing so. Making haste to be rich, the dishonest inclination to live beyond one's means, to equal or outshine others, - these all excite to that demoniacal spirit of evil which leads downwards to destruction, and makes only the difference of a crooked "s" between peculation and speculation, both despoilers...