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...podge mess of pottage, better to stand aside in dignified silence and watch. Then if football or any other sport does not by itself earn the justification of its independent existence, by all means step in and instantly abolish. Don't hang another millstone around its neck and say, "Linger on." That is if winning or losing makes any difference. W. PETDO
...essentially lovable. Unusually kind and sympathetic, invariably courteous and considerate of others, generous in thought and action, keenly sensitive, and serene even in the midst of the suffering which has been his lot for several years, - he was a thorough gentleman. And the memory of Harold Battelle will linger among his classmates until the class itself shall be no longer a memory...
...begun it and read it through with the keenest pleasure. The first and third parts appear to us the most artistic of the four divisions of the poem; for in the second, the simplicity which the best art would give to Angelle's monody, is wanting. That numerous lines linger in one's memory is one of the best proofs of the poem's excellence...
...that it was in a flourishing condition, but that of late, for reasons unexplained, it has entirely disappeared. All that we can say in this matter is that it is to be regretted that the spirit of indifference, formerly so characteristic of everything pertaining to Harvard, should still linger in a few cases, and that a society which has proven itself so useful to amateur photographers, should have been allowed to die out. If such a society is to be formed, let it by all means be formed immediately, so that everything may be ready for use after the spring...
After Prof. Shaler's article, readers will probably linger the longest over Mr. Carpenter's clever dialogue on dilettanteism, which is really worthy of close reading. I quote the delightful little summing up of the argument: "The true dilettante is like Antaeus; the oftener you wrestle him out of his prepossessions, the more confirmed does he become in his dilettanteism. The only remedy for eclecticism is more eclecticism...