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...next Prophezzor also a disciple of Clio denied the first outright: "My aim is to get these young men to view the world in the large. I train them to follow trends, to trace movements, to see universals. If you hold a coin near enough to your eye, it will blot out the sun. Perspective is the word Perspective...
...recent discovery of a coin dated 1742, the date of erection of Holden Chapel, and of several relies of the eighteenth century near the new Holden dormitories, has directed interest to the remarkable history of the chapel. During 183 years it has served in almost every capacity possible to a building...
...society. The wiser men pass these young beggars scornfully by, push them meaningly out of the way; or stop sometimes to tell them just what little gamins they are to beg in the street. But there are many who are thoughtless enough to encourage their efforts with an extra coin, for back they come in every growing numbers to plead for what they have no right to expect. Not only is this becoming an extreme annoyance to the residents of Mount Auburn Street, but, far more important, it is laying the foundations of shiftlessness in the minds of the boys...
...lent his voice to a benefit for Russian refugees, organized by the Baron von der Hoeven. As Baritone Tcherkassky opened his mouth, someone upset a bottle. Other diners with bottles, imitative, upset theirs. Some, lacking bottles, dropped plates. A red-faced individual at a corner table threw a coin to Tcherkassky; a hundred others with coins, catching the wit of this gesture, also hurled their loose change to him. He sang one song, began another. The uproar continued. But Tcherkassky finished his program...
...faced individual who threw a coin...