Word: moralizes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...lifetime, and the register is warranted never to make mistakes nor wear out. Each petition will be original and convincing. The Freshman petition will be timid, uncertain, but innocent; the Sophomore, ingenious, but insincere; the Junior, reckless; the Senior, independent, but having a "matter-of-course" air. From a moral point of view the new device is unobjectionable, since no one will be responsible for the nature of his petition...
...Horace, and not the Crimson, is responsible for the moral of this Ode. Its publication was withheld until after the Semi-annuals, for fear that it might have a bad influence. It was expected that plank walks would be in the Yard by that time; but alas ! the powers of the University defeat the best-laid schemes. It is too late, however, to alter the verses...
...Moral. - Don't hatch your eggs - or advertise them too much - before they are laid...