Word: heart
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...misfortune to see ballets in Italy, and opera bouffe in Paris; consequently the clumsy amazons and pages, and the crude, undrilled comedians, do not amuse you at all. You yawn and look about you. Not far off is Smith, with open eyes and open mouth, enjoying himself to his heart's content. He catches your eye as the comic man gets off a pun as stupid as the jokes of a circus clown; and he leans across and remarks that it is bully. You smile and nod, and are pleased with the contrast between your own acute perception...
...Round my heart the spell is clinging...
...three best men - have been hurt this fall in the game. Still the interest is unflagging, and our team still strong. It shows that in spite of drawbacks we are capable of sustaining interest in something, and those who still hope to see our boating record improved may take heart. As usual, our friends in Montreal have overwhelmed us with attention, which we hope to have an opportunity of returning, as far as we are able, next spring...
...words about human nature that I promised you. It is a singular fact that every man, whatever he may think of himself in other ways, feels sure in his heart of hearts that he is level-headed,- to use an expressive bit of slang. If he makes any mistakes, it is always because he did not follow the dictates of his judgment. And every man considers his views of money matters to be as sound as sound can be. People who agree with him he considers as sound as himself. People who do not agree with him he calls fools...
...relating more or less directly to undergraduate life. It is a book of which every Harvard man may well be proud. That such good poetry has been written by our undergraduates must be a source of pleasure to every one who has the interests of the College at heart...