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...precious boon...
...thou 'It possess a precious gift indeed...
...eight of the students now in college is the son of a man who has received a degree from the University, no matter in what department. It is one of the chief delights of those who have the privilege of devoting their lives to the service of this precious institution, that they work not alone for the generation which is now under their hands, but for the thronging generations of the future...
...these precious souvenirs...
There has been of late years, about rowing here at Harvard, a great deal to pay, a great deal of work, and precious little fun. Somehow things were so managed that it was all paying out with nothing coming in. Expensive boats were bought, used for one race, and then laid on the rests to rot. The University Boat-House was kept, at the expense of all, for the use of a few patient fellows, who were trained and scolded and worked, and then beaten. To afford cheap rowing for all another boat-house was built, and another...