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Behaves so like a brute...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOOK NOTICES. | 10/20/1882 | See Source »

This is a matter which should be carefully attended to, so that the contests in foot ball between our American colleges may be trials of skill, rather than exhibitions of brute strength. Let us hope that an improvement in this direction may soon be seen, and that our men may anticipate a pleasant game with Yale instead of a free fight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/4/1882 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A FABLE. | 12/18/1879 | See Source »

Student. He says a brute is an imperfect...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 12/19/1878 | See Source »

Student. Man is a perfect brute...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 12/19/1878 | See Source »

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