Word: penniless
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...student acquaintances. That he was a man of a good deal of natural shrewdness he often proved; but his mind was in some way unbalanced, so that he had become a harmless 'crank.' He boasted that he was the greatest traveller in this country; and certain it is that penniless as he almost always was, he was ever in motion, and after a week's stay at Harvard was likely to turn up at any moment at Washington or some more distant place. He was a self-announced candidate for President of the United States in every campaign, and would...
...sure that the ball nine and the Mott Haven team would much prefer to see the energy, which is to be exerted to keep the championships at Harvard, displayed in furnishing them subscriptions for necessary expenses, and candidates for vacancies, rather than providing new seats for the penniless '89 men to sit upon to witness their victories. The old seats must do for another year at least...