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...want, and will, very probably, give you rather too much of theirs. Evenings ought to be devoted to pleasure. That is what they were made for; and if you ever try to devote them to anything else, you will probably succeed in ruining your eyes by the vile gaslight which Cambridge people endure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LETTERS TO A FRESHMAN. | 10/6/1876 | See Source »

...cannot delineate further. Lunch, calls, driving, dinner, theatre, supper, and so forth, follow. There is no break in the possibilities of enjoyment, except perhaps in the afternoon for a couple of hours, when, in this slushy weather, the Park does not substitute the Bois. New York by gaslight, however, is nearly equal to the standard of Parisian brilliancy, and the day can be ended as successfully as begun. A week of this sort of existence is apt to make one lose sight of the fact that he was ever trammelled by duties or cares of any kind. The reminder comes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/9/1874 | See Source »

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