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...during the summer months a man who wears his class color of yellow and black is invariably taken for a Princeton man, and quite naturally too; while donning green and white is supposed to prove conclusively that one hails from Dartmouth. As a result, the true Harvard colors are seldom seen, while those of Yale, Princeton and Columbia are everywhere flaunted before one's eyes. As one who has been here three years, I feel that the custom which now prevails here is entirely foreign to the liberal spirit of the place, contrary to the laws of common sense...
...years has rendered it possible. Every man must choose his occupation with reference to his own natural gifts. If wealth is the only object of life, not literature but all the professions must be ruled out. Enormous gains can only be hoped for in commerce. The most celebrated lawyers seldom have an income of over $50,000, and the most famous clergymen and physicians rarely receive more than $20,000 annually. The thing to be considered is not the maximum prize but the chance of success. Literature is comparatively free from the risks of failure to which the merchant...
...fault which everyone would be glad to see remedied. It is well known what a bore it is to pay in cash the man who has charge of the courts, for if one does not forgot to supply himself with money when he dresses himself for tennis playing he seldom has the right change and often finds the collector unable to assist him. It would be much simpler and less annoying to have some small printed tickets which could be put on sale at the Co-operative and other places. These would not only be a great convenience...
...were incised so that the lines were in red. The date of manufacture can be determined with considerable accuracy by the form of the letters in the inscriptions. The subjects were taken mostly from the Homeric poems and also from other similar epics which are now lost. The artist seldom follows the text closely, often departing widely from it according to his fancy and his knowledge of the limitations of his art, and not from ignorance of the legends. The themes which most attracted the Greek artist were not those which fascinate us, and the treatment of an episode...
...Gentlemen and my very kind friends:- I feel not only honored but deeply moved by the letter you have been good enough to write me. During my long service in the University, my relations with the students were always agreeable, not seldom fruitful, to me, and in some good measure, I trust, to my pupils also. But in my experience as a teacher nothing ever gave me such pleasure as your friendly words. The proverb tells us that "he who plants pears, plants for his heirs." I seem to myself (and it is no small gratification...