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INSTRUCTOR. Why does a cloud stay up in the air, if the particles of water are heavier than those...
...numerous Puritanical cliques in this charming city, the conseil municipal (corresponding to what you call the Library Council) has come to the conclusion that, after going to church, a man ought never to play billiards or cards, or drink anything stronger than H2O, enlivened by a little soda-water, alleging that nothing is more detrimental to orthodox principles than having the mind occupied on the Sabbath. So they close the library and close the cafes and close the shops, thus obliging you to seek refuge in some church - or apothecary's (I generally choose the apothecary...
...request of the two captains, the citizens agreed to make the boat-houses water-tight, a quality they did not possess last year. They also agreed that the space below the finish line should be unobstructed for one quarter-mile, and be patrolled by police-boats, and that the course should be buoyed by yawls anchored half a mile apart, each boat flying a red flag from a staff twenty feet high. Last year the buoys were so small as to be almost invisible to coxswains, and therefore valueless as guides. The first-mentioned method of buoying would distinctly mark...
Full of cold water that is still and dead...
...been taken to provide in each case a person who, under ordinary circumstances, will give no cause for such complaint. It is therefore recommended that students keep their boots clean, so that there will be no chance for dissatisfaction if they are not blacked; that nothing but milk and water be kept in rooms; and if anything is stolen, it will be because the students have been careless enough to have in their possession anything worth stealing...