Word: humor
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...writer with no definite purpose, and from among the various branches of literature had not finally chosen the kind of writing which he was to make peculiarly his own. Truth in writing, that power that scorns the sham and pictures the real, Thackeray had, and a fund of brilliant humor also. He had lacked the personal and distinctive individuality that was needed to make him prominent and now for the first time, by a serious realization of his own powers, he was to achieve this...
Perhaps the most entertaining is "The Heeler" by R. W. Child '03 a humor us tale with an effective climax told after the manner of Mark Twain in some of his recent writings...
Representing your son's classmates at Harvard, we desire to express our deep sympathy for you in the great loss you have sustained. Though he was less widely known than some, his wholesaled and manly good-fellowship, his unfailing wit and good-humor, and his bright, friendly disposition, will cause him long to be remembered by all with whom he came in contact. Yours sincerely, ERNEST R. GREENE, ARTHUR D. WYMAN, GEO. PARKER MILNE, REGINALD FINCKE, JAMES LAWRENCE...
...Vanitatum," by F. M. Class, are both well told, the former with some descriptive power, the latter with a good insight into the characters which it contains. By far the most original story, however, is "The Bluff of Rogers," by R. W. Ruhl. It is full of a droll humor that lightens what would otherwise be a rather sombre tale, and besides some admirable touches of description, the "moral" of the story is brought out forcibly and without affectation...
...first the joy in our lives must be that of hope, of mere unfulfilled promise. Youth abounds in those qualities which are essential to this--that is, a sense of humor, unfailing sympathy, and faith. Hard it undoubtedly is to live almost wholly in what the future may bring. Much of the life about us seems vain and useless, and cannot help but be discouraging. Yet at heart the world is really hopeful, and the power to aspire remains with us long after we seem to have lost all ambition...