Word: mind
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...bright thought crossed his mind. He would wear the clothing he had taken off the night before. Vain hope! The janitor had removed it, and all the rest was in the college locker in charge of the Faculty! Oh, horrible! Cold perspiration stood upon his brow as he paced the floor. Was he to miss chapel? What would his grandmother say when he broke the awful truth to her? Should he be obliged to shake the confiding trust of his dear teachers, and be for ever condemned in their eyes as a wicked chapel-cutter? He sickened at the thought...
...almost utterly foreign. The University is, of course, more or less cosmopolitan, and the Westerner tramples consecrated soil for perhaps a year and a half before he takes cognizance of the original thinkers whom it has nourished. I confess to a feeling of exasperation when one of these untutored minds propounds a view of life, or gives an estimate of character, without recognizing in any way the verdict of New England cultivation. Yet, although his lack of deference to authority is certainly due, in part, to ignorance, we must nevertheless admit the value of his new standards of criticism...
...burst forth a raving madman. What might have happened had not two other pedestrians fortunately approached, I do not pretend to say. Yet, previous to that occurrence, till within two or three days, at least, no one had appeared to suspect him of not being in his right mind. My poor sister Edith! How she has suffered in this sad affair! It comes to light, however, when all is said and done, that some of his college friends had noted some inexplicable mystery about his conduct, even at the very time of young Maymore's disappearance...
...point taken by you, opinions differ. My opinion is that "the duty" of the New Shakspere Society is to mind its own business, that is, to study Shakspere, and do the work it has set itself in its Prospectus; not to gad about interfering in its members' quarrels...
...staircase with a quick step, he entered the apartment where his brother and a few friends were awaiting him. He shook hands cordially with all present, and on being asked how he had slept, answered, "Very well;" and to the further demand as to the state of his mind, he said, "Reasonably happy...