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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Our arrangements were, accordingly, partially made, when I received a letter from Mr. Avery saying that the feeling of Yale was strongly opposed to playing the games anywhere but at Saratoga, or, at any rate, before the close of the term. I wrote back saying that we had gone so...
This mode of proceeding is of course extremely gratifying to the remainder, who, after waiting for the work of devastation to be completed by these Vandals, are obliged to chew the cud of sweet and bitter fancy as consolation for the loss of the best parts of their reading matter...
We hope that the University will not pick its substitute from the Freshman crew. By so doing, they would cause the chances of the Freshmen to be put in great risk; and both crews, instead of one, would be compelled at the last moment to take on substitutes, thus doubling...
The man stood in the doorway for a moment, looking about the room; then he took his cigar out of his mouth and spat upon the floor; then, having replaced the stump, he staggered down the whole length of the table, and lurched into a chair at the other end...
He looked at me compassionately. "Poor fellow," said he, "how I pity you! You have not yet begun life. Life is long and tedious. Pass me that bottle, will you? Yes, sir, I say that life is a miserable burden. Young man, I pity you; you have years of miserable...