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...happened that in the two seats directly in front of ours there were two as blooming maidens as ever appealed to the aesthetic nature of an appreciative undergraduate. In a word, they were girls not to be sneezed at; but rather to be smiled at, if occasion allowed...
...last chorus is generally acknowledged to be one of the best, if not the very best. It reminds one of a certain Song without Words of Mendelssohn, the fifth in the third book, but it does not suggest plagiarism, rather an equal and similar inspiration. The dramatic effect renders it a "worthy culmination to all that has gone before...
...line of iron posts? Well, there's where I learned to ride. As I had never been on a bicycle before, my instructor mounted me very carefully on a machine, and steadying with his hand my wavering movements, we began laboriously to move about the hall. My confidence grew rather faster than my skill, I fear. It seemed so easy. I was sure I needed no assistance. I dismissed my attendant. Proud, happy moment! I rode all alone. But a sense of the awful responsibility of the situation began to creep over me. A queer, unnerving sensation of uncertainty...
...some risk of enlarging on a subject which may, by the time this paper appears, have become rather a trite one, we propose to say something of the Junior Class. When the year began it was the fashion to condemn '82 in almost every way and in almost every department. '82 had no scholarship, no athletic men, no pride in class, or individual reputation. The only praise that was given was that in theatricals, singing, and general good fellowship it was above the average. This feeling in the University was perceived by '82, and its injustice was resented. A determination...
...ability or the good-will of the present members of the German department. On the contrary, whoever knows these gentlemen at all, will agree with him that Harvard never possessed such a strong corps of able and energetic instructors as at present. The fault lies in the system, or rather in the present lack of system...