Word: cannot
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Compostella. In my walk the other day, I saw a man sitting in the sun in front of a little cottage which commanded a pretty landscape. "You have a charming view here," said I. "Yes," he answered, "I take a great deal of pleasure in it though I cannot see it. I have long ago lost my sight, but I love to sit here and recall it, and think that it is all there." It lies in our own choice with what pictures we may fill our minds, whether our inward eye shall command noble prospects over the whole domain...
...They disinfect the imagination; they fill the memory with light and fragrance. Whatever a man's station, whatever his other opportunities, there is one Company from which he can never be excluded, and it is that of the master-spirits of all the centuries. When one reads Boswell, he cannot help thinking what a privilege it would have been to belong to Johnson's set, but only consider of what a Club every scholar may be admitted a member. "Study," said Montesquieu, "has been for me a sovereign remedy against the disgusts of life, and I have never...
What has been said about the just mode to judge the nine's work, holds equally true of the crew. Their work cannot be judged in detail, but all know that Captain Davis has never weakened in his effort to produce a creditable crew, and that the many men who have rowed have been eager to do their best. The University is appreciative of the severe work that is being done at New London, and keenly hopes that it may end in victory...
...Class Dinner will be held at the Tremont House, Monday, June 25, at 7 p. m. Seniors who wish to attend the dinner must sign the blue-book at Leavitt and Peirce's before 9 o'clock Friday morning. If men sign the book and then find that they cannot go they will please cross out their names before that time, as the committee must know exactly how many to provide for. No dress suits will be worn. The dinner is free to all seniors and it is hoped that every man who can possibly do so will attend...
...proverbial hard times which have prevailed during the past year the Cooperative Society has continued to prosper and has done a larger business than ever before. The member ship this year is 1681 as against 1492 last year and 1298 the year before. The receipts for this year cannot of course be given accurately till the books have been made up at the end of the year, but they will probably amount to about $113,000, an increase of $12,000 over the business of last year. It can be seen readily that a large part of these receipts comes...