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...acquaintance was all that was necessary to put him on an equal footing with most of his Boston contemporaries. And I must say that I felt rather proud of Butterfield as we strolled about town, and rather envied him his innocence, freshness and strength. For, in the first place, he had all the pleasures of the table to enjoy in years to come. This may seem to you a small matter, but when you think what a field of hope and joy, desperation and sadness lies open to the man who has yet to learn that Burgundy should...
...neglecter of his lesson, with his fine clothes, his gay air, and genteel manners, and the fame of his merry-makings." Dismal are his conclusions drawn from the contrast. The author treats his text under the following sub-heads: 1. "We are an insulated community;" 2. "College is a place where the great purpose of all is apt to be forgotten, and their most valuable possession - i. e., time - to be unappreciated;" 3. "We live here in an undomestic and unsocial state." On the second head he says very finely: "This great purpose is study. Now this is much more...
...said in one place of a man who was expelled: "He carried away with him all the good wishes and good opinions of his fellow classmates; if we may infer it from the fact that he left none of these commodities behind...
...lacrosse game with Columbia, announced to take place today, has been postponed...
...excitement in Ireland still continues unabated, and demonstrations of joy at the failure of the coercion policy are taking place everywhere. The appointment of Lord Cavendish to the chief secretaryship is regarded as a very weak...