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...shortly afterward was sent...
...away, my sense of relief gave way to that of despair. I knew not what to make of it, and when in the evening she went off with the Yale man, my feelings were the quintessence of wretchedness. That night I hardly slept a wink, and my chum declared afterward that I thrashed and groaned as if it was Semi-annual time. I felt that I must have said or done some horrible thing when I was seasick, and I wanted to go down on my knees for forgiveness. All through the morning I was unable to catch Amy alone...
...that in life long afterward...
...habit, I am sure they would buy a copy of the paper desired rather than mutilate a paper of which they are, by no means, the sole owners. A sees something in the Advertiser or Herald or World that he wants, and he cuts it out. Soon afterward I, B, hear of the article, which is, in all probability, general interest to Harvard students, and I go to read it; but I find only the uninteresting part of the paper left. One hundred and fifty men follow after me, and all meet with the same disappointment that I have...
...school-boy, and hence does not behave like one. He cannot calculate what per cent he must obtain in order to scrape through. He must either leave or drop out, either succeed or fail. Hence he does not "cram" for an examination with matter which he will throw away afterward, but studies with a view to permanent results. In short, he is free to be what his own talents and energy may make him. The result is known. It has made a knowledge of the German language indispensable to men of letters. It will be many years before Harvard...