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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...through the night I slept, not waking up till just as we arrived in Paris. I jumped out to look for the people who had been described to me, and who were said to be going to meet her, but seeing no one I returned to the carriage. What was my surprise to find it surrounded by a crowd of excited porters and gendarmes. I was immediately arrested by several gendarmes, and on demanding the reason, I was told that I was the murderer of the lady in the carriage, whom they said I had poisoned sometime during the night...
Towards evening I awoke, and with returning consciousness came the thought of Amy and what had become of her. I rushed downstairs, and, for a moment, felt an infinite relief at seeing her on the piazza, but when she cast a look of unspeakable contempt upon me, and walked away, my sense of relief gave way to that of despair. I knew not what to make of it, and when in the evening she went off with the Yale man, my feelings were the quintessence of wretchedness. That night I hardly slept a wink, and my chum declared afterward that...
...will look this way, I will show you some of its fine points. In the first place, by touching a hidden spring, the cover over the face flies back and discloses the hours all beautifully engraved on a white background. Here, again, you see the hands, three in number and of different sizes. In the three hands you must recognize an especial advantage, for even if two hands get broken you still have one left to show the time; also you cannot fail to see the wisdom of having hands of different sizes, for, to a near-sighted person...
...divide the country, my advice to a young man would be, to ally himself with that which seemed to his best judgment the party of hope and progress, - the party of the future. While neither is free from disreputable elements, or can escape from adverse criticism, he should look to see which has for the great body of its supporters the greater number of those who believe in equality before the law, popular education, good morals, and social progress. Having made his choice, he will have an ample field for constant activity and watchfulness in trying to keep his party...
...most gratifying to every one interested in Harvard Athletics. Our College has now taken a prominent position in track athletics among her sister colleges, and there are many of our records to which we can point with just pride; still we must not rest content with past achievements, but look forward to even greater success in the future. We need but one thing to keep the athletic interest at Harvard as keen as it is now, and that is the establishment of a series of athletic sports with Yale. Our class boat-races arouse a great deal of enthusiasm...