Word: hermit
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...public boast that he reads no newspapers. That would be shameful if it were a fact, but I question it. No man who can read, and is in the possession of his senses, could so shut himself out of the world, unless he went off and lived as a hermit beyond the boundaries of civilization. The instructor may say, and possibly even think, that he does not read the newspapers, but you could corner him on cross-examination. It is a silly boast, and especially silly when coming from a college instructor. - [Progress...
From many a hidden hermit's throat...
...fashion, it is, on the whole, expedient to pursue his arduous path alone. For myself, however, I would as soon think of vowing eternal celibacy as of going through college without a chum; and to nearly every one who does not partake of the nature of a hermit-crab, a good chum is a blessing...
...hermit, sighed, till Woman smiled...
...hermit, smiled, till Woman sighed...