Word: darkness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Everyone sees nature differently,- on some people it is only the strong contrast of light and dark that makes an impression, to some every detail stands out, while to others only the general effect of massing is apparent. So in sketching as in astronomy there is always a personal equation. The object of a sketch is, all painters agree, the presentation of truth, to make a picture exactly like the real. Embellishments from the painter's imagination not only are never needed but always spoil a painting. Nature is itself beautiful enough...
...Dandy;" still you owe it to your friends and to your position in society to conform to the customs of refined society. True economy demands good clothes of quiet colors and patterns, unless you can afford an assortment. The rough cheviots, if composed of two distinct shades, one quite dark and the other light, will nearly always look poorly when the rough surface wears off; the best wearing colors are without contrasting shades. The blue and black cheviots and Oxford mixtures are excellent on the ground of economy, the Oxfords being at present the popular thing...
Things look dark now,-dark to the students and darker still to the team. It is a time when a call is made on the full loyalty of Harvard men. The team have done their utmost, they have put up a wonderful game, and we are as thankful to them as if their efforts had been crowned with success...
...Dandy;" still you own it to your friends and to your position in society to conform to the customs of refined society. True economy demands good clothes of quiet colors and patterns, unless you can afford and assortment. The rough cheviots, if composed of two distinct shades, one quite dark and the other light, will nearly always look poorly when the rough surface wears off; the best wearing colors are without contrasting shades. The blue and black cheviots and Oxford mixtures are excellent on the ground of economy, the Oxfords being at present the popular thing...
...varsity practiced as usual yesterday on Soldiers Field. Shortly after three the first eleven went down. They spent nearly an hour in going through the signals, after which the second eleven were admitted to the field. Until dark they went through some severe work...