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...guiding star, should thy soft beams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MY GUIDING STAR. | 2/21/1879 | See Source »

...said I. "Well, then, come along, and I'll show you an exhibition that has just opened; cheap as dirt." So saying, he pulled me out of the room. We walked along till we reached a spacious building which had bulletins posted up: "The Carnival of Electives, admission $1.00. Soft Electives in the Gallery." I entered, and saw booths arranged along both sides of a huge hall. There was one representing a Greek house; within were seen various groups in Greek costume; in one corner Homer addressing a band of chosen heroes; in another sat Ulysses with his dog; while...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CARNIVAL OF ELECTIVES. | 2/7/1879 | See Source »

HAVING elected Natural History 6 as one of my courses for this year, I was surprised and disgusted to find what a long walk it was to reach the Botanical Garden. Now, as I took this course under the impression that it was soft, and as this walk takes away all the softness that there might otherwise be in it, I think it no more than right that the distance should be decreased in some way. It is not right that the time of sixty or seventy men should be wasted twice a week by such a long walk...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRESPONDENCE. | 10/25/1878 | See Source »

...never felt a soft, warm kiss...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BROOK. | 10/25/1878 | See Source »

...everybody knows that he is a Freshman, although he is quite sure he has fold nobody. It has been well said of him that he is "among us, but not of us." He is in a probation or transition state, - in a sort of Purgatory, as it were. No soft electives or voluntary recitations for him, but instead of that a hard grind on his prescribed mathematics. Yet there is justice in all things; it is right that the Freshman should have three hours more of work than the Senior...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THOUGHTS ON RETURNING TO COLLEGE. | 9/27/1878 | See Source »

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