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...injures the reputation of the college. One article about the depravity of college life will have more effect and will sink deeper into the minds of the mass of people than any number of pieces to the contrary. All protestations of innocence, when coming from a college man, are fruitless. The public is determined to misjudge us. The term "Harvard man" is considered by many to be a synonym for contemptible lethargy-a man whose nominal residence is Cambridge, but who spends his time at Parker's or Young's. He is a man who is useful only in showing...
...made him no offer when, having agreed on terms with Mr. Hare, I sent word to Mr. Allen Oct. 7 from Albany as I now remember, that I could not play him after all, regretting our fruitless correspondence...
...Isaac, lies upon the snow, till his dog, - not mentioned in the ballads, but which must have been there, as Mr. Cranch observes, - runs to Mr. Brown's, and leads him to the scene of the accident. They bear the stricken man to his home and nurse him tenderly; - fruitless effort; he dies, and they lay him in the cold ground...
...Savage, the distinguished antiquarian, visited England, and, assisted by Edward Everett, at that time the American minister, made what was thought to be an exhaustive search for records of John Harvard. Mr. Savage's efforts were so fruitless that, although $100 were offered for each of five lines giving information about him, nothing new was discovered. Mr. Henry Waters, the agent of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, has since taken up the work, and by most assiduous labor has found what he thinks will lead to the dissipation of the mist which has so long overhung the early life...
...have to occupy the seats vacated. There are several promising men among the candidates who offered themselves on Saturday, that is to say, they are strong well made, and possess the necessary weight. As to the most important point to be considered-namely their determination to win-it is fruitless, at this early stage, to make any predictions. Very few of the men have had any valuable coaching and they will have to be taught the science of rowing from the beginning. This will compel the old men to go over much that they have learned before...