Word: middlesex
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...continent of untried possibilities in the editorial columns of a last year's Magenta. I resolved never again to omit the reading of that invaluable paper. What I had discovered was no less than a new and practical idea on the subject of walking. I perceived that Middlesex County was a historic locality, that the philosophical walker should view it in this new light, and that the interest of his walks might centre not only on what has been beautified by nature, but also on what has been dignified by history. I need not state how I immediately purchased...
...forego his daily stroll of five miles or so, and Switzerland bristles with their knickerbockers during the long vacation. A number of students here have been in the habit, for some time, of taking weekly strolls through the surrounding country; Drake's book, "The Historic Fields and Mansions of Middlesex," furnishing a most interesting guide for their rambles. Prospect Hill, Dorchester Heights, Lynn beach, the Blue Hills, Concord, have afforded them most delightful excursions; and it would be well for a large number of students to follow their example...