Word: life
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Whereas it becometh a Sophomore to "lay aside childish things," and with his cane and beaver to assume a more manly and dignified character, not aping the manner of a street-car driver; Resolved, that I buy a copy of The Science of a New Life and a large diary, in order that I may daily live in accordance with the precepts of the one and enter the results in the other...
...undignified, and the man who is truly wise is sparing of his words. His mind is not shallow, with its thoughts all lying upon the surface; it is rather like one of those calm, deep pools sometimes found in the course of a noisy stream. The little troubles of life sink into its placid depths, leaving scarcely a ripple behind. Its habitual calm is disturbed by nothing less than a flood or an earthquake...
...consequently I have here men of every class, description, taste, and habit, mingled together. I know of but one entry in college where the opposite is the case, and there, while the students lose none of the solid benefits, they gain many of the lighter enjoyments of college life...
...relatives and friends, and especially for the younger members of the family, of Mr. Hughes, cannot fail to interest every one who reads it. Few persons, in this country at least, were aware, before the appearance of these memoirs, that Thomas Hughes had an older brother George, who began life almost as brilliantly as the author of "Tom Brown," and who possessed the same traits of character which have given his younger brother so prominent and honorable a position. In the opening chapters of the book, Mr. Hughes, with characteristic modesty, recounts many of his brother's exploits at home...
Perhaps little sailors on life's deep...