Word: saves
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...furnished, although some of them display a tendency to crispness on the under surface, the majority are unambitious of any such refinement. The brown bread at Memorial is never superior and often inferior to that of the Thayer Club. Beside these articles we have nothing to eat at breakfast save cold meat, - very cold meat, generally cold corned beef, - cold bread, and milk...
...begins one of his most remarkable essays in this wise: "Brattville, the place of my birth, will become famous in the history of the world for producing a man to harmonize the people and save the nation." Here, at the very outset, Bratt tramples underfoot all unnatural restraints resulting from mawkish feelings of modesty, and, with charming naivete, declares the vast extent of his undertaking. This confession of his own illustrious deeds should silence effectually the rantings of divers crack-brained enthusiasts, who obstinately insist that the savior of the American nation was an obscure negro named Birthingtons Washday...
...great, essential attainment which, with us, secures to a man a scholarship, is - indigence. If he has ability, tant mieux; but no supply of the latter rather important attribute qualifies him for winning a University benefice, save in one or two instances, while poorer men are in many ways encouraged to excel in all departments. The results are, first, that the absence of all men not dependent on college aid from the contest lowers the standard of excellence in College; and, second, that society is overstocked with unambitious gentlemen of leisure, unable to pursue professional studies, after graduating, with credit...
...Save one small round of earth...
...always busily engaged in the back part of the store, are deaf to all prayers for haste. We know, from bitter experience, that it is absolutely impossible to think of getting the examination books until after having entered the recitation-room; when only the kindness of the instructor can save us from censure-marks. If there is a possibility of cheating when the books are not inspected, let the books be furnished by the College and charged on the term-bills; but, for our own part, we think that the confidence of some of the professors is not misplaced...