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THAT target for the arrows of the aggrieved student, the marking system, (pardon me for mentioning it!) that contradictory, illogical, unjust method of classifying men, seems likely to assume an importance more than local; for it is in full operation even in our lower schools, where its effects are noticeably injurious. Work at high pressure, nervous energy and its result, nervous exhaustion, are evils put by our modern Solomons on the shoulders of young people. That cases of nervous disease occur even among young children, as a direct effect of our present school system, is known to every physician. People...
There ended my love affair, but not my poems, Like Wordsworth (pardon the apparently egotistical comparison), I write on every subject, no matter how commonplace it may be. Thus, one of my most popular sonnets is addressed to "My Dog, on Losing his Collar," while a lyrical poem, "To a Hole in my Shoe," has been ranked very high by competent critics, and was even mistaken by some for a posthumous production of the great "Lake" bard...
...restored, the President called on the Swell man. "Mr. President - aw - I have thrown together - aw - a few ideas, which I 'll read - aw - On the shield - aw - I would have Cupid - aw - on a golden field - aw - handing me his bow and arrows - aw - For braces - aw - pardon me, supports, I - aw - would have on one side - aw - the governor holding out his purse to me, and - aw - on the other a tandem, a tiger, and a dogcart with my monogram on the side - aw - For a motto, 'L'argent et I'amour sans travail...
...your pardon, sir. Mr. Y., will...
...sure, I beg your pardon," I replied; "but where are your wings...