Word: linke
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...young lady, whom I knew, kindly suggested that I should look as natural as I could. I thanked her with a glance, and proceeded to withdraw all intelligence from my face. This expression proved very satisfactory. All the class worked steadily. The result was, I am confident, the missing link between man and monkey! I have reserved that look for use at recitations. The only question that bothers me is, When the intelligence left my face, where did it go? Perhaps...
...young professor steals into a corner and meditates upon the frivolity of life and the ingratitude of youth. For x + y has no influence here, and strange to say, young ladies prefer to dance with partners who can talk of something besides the transit of Venus or the missing link. Then, too, they do not like to experiment on the laws of falling bodies with a bad waltzer, although he may be able to give the formulas for them with the utmost precision...
...Which link by link you wove into the chain...