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Word: know (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...least want to know what happened in the past, except as it enables me to see my way more clearly through what is happening to-day." - Spectator, October 7, 1876, page...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 11/3/1876 | See Source »

...hear the Chapel choir throughout the year know what it is. It speaks for itself. But for a long time our writers, when they have found themselves lacking in material and wit, have, as a last resort, pounced upon the Chapel choir and the musical societies in College...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRESPONDENCE. | 11/3/1876 | See Source »

Finally, if those disliking the music at the Chapel are honestly seeking reform, let them know that a kind word of encouragement for those untiring and well-meaning efforts of the choir will be of more use in bringing about the desired result than all sarcastic revilings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRESPONDENCE. | 11/3/1876 | See Source »

...when you are called upon to pay a bill you casually produce a fat roll of money, your object will be attained, and you will find this advice good not only through college, but through life too. Riches return your favors sooner and better than anything else that I know of in this little world of ours. Take care of them and they will take care of you. A man makes money, and money makes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LETTERS TO A FRESHMAN. | 10/20/1876 | See Source »

...horribly hard, I know, to learn how to manage your funds in the beginning. And I think that it is best to start off with a little mild extravagance in the form of subscriptions to the various athletic schemes which happen to be in favor. Pay your subscriptions at once, and everybody will know it. In future years, if you are called upon for anything of the sort, you are at liberty to reply that you have learned wisdom by experience, - which you have duly paid for. But in the beginning it pays to subscribe; you are at once reported...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LETTERS TO A FRESHMAN. | 10/20/1876 | See Source »

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