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Somewhere the songbirds dwell...
...living atmosphere, for that is the highest excellence of Miss Gather's writing, her mastery of intangibles. Just as the maturity of her mind has led her, in character-drawing, beyond the emotions to a spiritual emphasis, soi the maturity of her senses has brought her to dwell upon qualities of air, shadow and faint fragrance in her objective scenes. When she paints a mesa, she remembers the cloud mesa above it. Two bronzed runners passing over some sand dunes remind her of "the shadows that eagles cast in their strong, unhurried flight...
...warned a score of times or more of the danger of transition and is thoroughly saturated with precautionary messages. Taking for granted therefore that such preparation has been adequate, (if it hasn't please consult your advisor, proctor or Freshman Dean) it will be more to the point to dwell on other aspects...
...would be as futile to dwell on the necessity of winning tomorrow's classic as it would be to admit of any philosophical apathy toward its results. Races, after all, are for the purpose of being won Whether or not Harvard wins tomorrow is of no great import as regards the years to come or even next year, but since only one side can win, and since the winning will bring to both participants and adherents considerably more pleasure than the alternate state,--may the best crew triumph and may our crew be the better crew...
...Dwell in our works, our thoughts, our lives...