Word: brute
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...FRESHMAN, on his way to College, met a Junior with a Large and Handsome Dog. The Lad spoke to the Animal, and said, "Come with me, and I will buy me a new Coat and we will be happy together. "Not so," replied the Sagacious Brute. "I am an upper-class Animal, and if I accompanied You, my air would be so Awkward from shame at the company I was in, that you would be at once Recognized for the Ass that you are. Therefore, I pray you, put away Ambition." Thus saying, he left the Aspiring Innocent a Sadder...
Student. He says a brute is an imperfect...
Student. Man is a perfect brute...
...some new game here to rouse the flagging interest in Athletics. The interest in foot-ball has visibly waned, and base-ball is not much better. Lacrosse is superior to foot-ball as a game, inasmuch as there are no long delays from fouls, and as skill rather than brute force is necessary in order to play well. The popularity it has met with wherever it has been introduced...
...have come to the conclusion that the marking system should be instantly abolished, and - What did you say? - grapes? That is very old, and, besides, I never did aspire to a lofty mark. Spider, who is chuckling at his triumph over me, is an unfeeling brute. His victory is not a fair one. He does not consider that while he has been grinding at that dull Greek, I have been enjoying some English classic that is none the less profitable because it will not add five per cent to my Greek mark. Indeed, if I should grind continually...