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...place when put by themselves in the necessarily short space of a college article. This distinction between poetry and prose, whether they appear in the form of verse or not, is one universally acknowledged and easily felt, although hard to define. Bearing it in mind, it is easy to see that there may be good writing in verse which is not poetry, and poetry which is not good writing, - two possibilities which are often lost sight of, although examples of them are seen in the college papers more often, perhaps, than in any other periodicals. Of the various schools...
...easy to see that the "theologians," as they are derisively called, are having a very hard time of it. The common people are presuming enough to inspect, and perhaps reject, the doctrines which are zealously laid before them, in much the same way that they have sometimes been known to refuse very good cold meat, or clothing not more than three quarters worn out. And, as if this were not enough, the men of "culture" assail them with all the opportunities for attack which can be furnished by extensive learning and a delicate taste for sarcasm. That the "theologians" will...
...University Crew" had ample justice done it at the hands of Mr. C. W. Plummer, who hoped to see everybody at the boat-house, trying for the crew...
...were monosyllabic, partly expletives corresponding to those men use under similar circumstances, and in part adjectives applied to the medical advice of the old goose. Though I should otherwise doubt the truth of this story, men are not supposed to be much worse than beasts, and I so often see an instance of a similar kind among them that it greatly increases my credulity...
...hearing distance, those who compel us to do such things cannot imagine how great an incentive to resignation it would be if a few more of them would keep us company. Misery loves company, and it is a great aggravation to our discomfort that we are never permitted to see tutor or professor with hair unkempt and coat buttoned up around his throat. Men who would show such a lofty disregard for their own comfort might assuredly think themselves entitled to urge self-abnegation upon others; but O that those who have already reached this height might attain a still...