Word: mosts
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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The first fact about college poetry which strikes one is that there is a great deal too much of it. The maxim "Write nothing in verse that can be written in prose" is entirely disregarded, or rather inverted. The would-be poet, thinking that passable poetry is to be preferred...
It is a curious fact that this new movement principally affects by its two phases the two extremes of society. Certain of the most learned and brilliant writers of the day develop and expound their theory of culture in its aesthetic direction, and as opposed to or as including religion...
The whole affair was a fitting conclusion to a most successful society year.
SHAKESPEARE.POETS have sung the praises of sleep as the restorer of strength to man's wearied frame, probably agreeing with Socrates, that a dreamless night is the pleasantest, and hence neglecting to celebrate the pleasures of sleep as well. These are not to be found in blank oblivion, nor in...
Even if it were productive of the best health and the most devotional feeling to have to get up early and hear the prayers of another, or watch them from beyond hearing distance, those who compel us to do such things cannot imagine how great an incentive to resignation it...