Word: hopefulness
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...WEARY days of hope deferred...
...weary days of hope deferred...
Shall see the end of hope deferred...
...Courant gives its readers this sage advice: "If you must go on a 'tear,' do it when the blue leads the crimson. If she does n't, then do it because she failed to do it. Drown your grief, if you can't celebrate a victory." We sincerely hope that the Yale men will have a chance to "drown their grief." The usual cut is poorly enough drawn, and the joke beneath it is still worse. It may be intelligible to the Yale mind, but we are obliged to confess that the point is too deep...
After the race a ball will probably be given to both crews, so that, if the crimson comes in ahead, as we all hope it will, we may anticipate quite a jolly...