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Weaver's King has a sombre majesty of such impressiveness that when Douglas says "I fear thou art another counterfeit;/And yet, in faith, thou bearest thee like a king," we nod in inward and compelled assent. His face bears the signs of his shaken age, "wan with care," and there is a poignancy to his recurring mention of his desire to embark on a Crusade that becomes near unbearable when the dying King asks to be carried to the Jerusalem Chamber: It hath been prophesied to me many years I should not die but in Jerusalem, Which vainly...
...continued prosperity of the nine, overshadowed for a time by the defeat at Brown, has been gladly welcomed by the college. The defeat of Amherst by Yale on Saturday makes the latter our bearest rivals for the championship, but with careful work and earnest play we see no reason to doubt the ultimate success of our nine in winning the championship, if the success of the past will but attend them in the future...
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