Word: lived
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...late issue of the Advocate contains an unusually large number of short stories which, in general, have less merit than usual. The number, as a whole, shows a decided lack of local color and the stories, dealing with subjects which, in the main, are neither live nor of special interest, lack decidedly in character...
...with undergraduate life; but in many more, this connection is assumed to furnish amusement unassisted. The "Specimen Conference" in History 1 fails for this reason, and wanders along, overshooting the mark, when a little more skill would have made it entertaining. The maudlin sketch, "At the Freshman Dinner" is live enough to read with more interest...
...other hand, the people have many and terrible vices. They have no conception of truth, and will say anything in order to benefit themselves. Great dishonesty and corruption exist among the government officials, who live on the money that they acquire dishonestly. Only about one-ninth of the taxes reaches the treasury, the other eight-ninths being stolen by the various officials through whose hands the taxes pass. Justice may be bought, and, in a lawsuit, that side usually wins which pays the court the larger fee. Another feature in the executive government is the extreme cruelty used by officials...
When the fund for the construction of Brooks House was raised, contributions were received from many persons who live at such a distance that they may never see the building for which they subscribed. For their benefit a pamphlet has been prepared and is now being sent out by the Building Committee of Brooks House, consisting of Professor F. G. Peabody, Professor G. H. Palmer, Dr. E. Winchester Donald, Dr. George A. Gordon '81, Dr. Edwin H. Abbott '55, and Mr. Robert Treat Paine '55. The pamphlet contains an account of the opening of the building with the speeches there...
...that Thackeray has so marvelously expressed. In "Henry Esmond," in "Pendennis" and "The Newcomes" Thackeray showed that power which has placed him high among English writers--the power of creating in fiction, by his sincerity, by the brilliancy of his humor and the tenderness of his nature, characters that live in memory and can never...