Word: life
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Bewailing the death of life...
There are yet among us customs that need pruning, some even that we can well afford to part with entirely; and perhaps no part of our President's inaugural address needs repetition at this time more than that in which he touches on our life outside of the recitation-room...
...grace; and at night, when the dishes have been washed, and the napkins all folded, he clothes himself in a broadcloth coat and joins the ladies in a social dance. His bearing throughout is one of modest independence and dignified humility. The ladies beam upon him, - it is a life of romance; the guests fee him, - it is a life of profit; the broken victuals are at his disposal, - it is a life of plenty. In view of all these things there can be only one conclusion; no student who knows his own interests will hesitate as to his course...
Have ridden several times on the Erie and Grand Trunk Railroads, and have had more or less experience in Cambridge horse-cars off the track, but never was so jolted in my life before. Every bone in my body is apparently dislocated. In agony I shout "Whoa" to the horse, but with no effect. I turn around and entreat the boy to stop the animal. Like an idiot that he is, he only repeats, "Shoe blacking," and persists in whipping the galloping brute. My eye-glasses shake off, and become a total wreck in the bottom...
...entertaining books on science or history inspires us with new interest in previously dry facts, and fills up the outline which alone is furnished by the instructor. The years in college are also the only ones which afford much time for acquiring any knowledge of literature. On entering active life our cares and occupations increase, we are wholly occupied by business or professional duties, and can pay little attention to mental culture and refinement. If this is the best opportunity, it should be used to advantage in the way which will most benefit us in after life...