Word: pens
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...would my pen were full of grace...
...practice of rushing into print with every little annoyance cannot be censured too severely. A rain-drop has the indiscretion to fall upon some exalted neck, an umbrella is misplaced at Memorial, a reserved book is taken out over night by an instructor, - forthwith the indignant soul seizes pen and paper and scribbles off a long tirade about the soullessness of corporations, the heartlessness of directors, or the incompetence of instructors. These effusions do some good, no doubt, but only to him who meets with such mishaps; they in no way concern the public. Real grievances, in nine cases...
...necessary to come to the front, in spite of the dauntless onslaught of "V. I. Z.," in the Echo, shows the true value of "V. I. Z.'s" criticism. Had it been worth any thing at all, Mr. Maude would not have gone to the trouble of putting pen to paper. I am, therefore, obliged to him for relieving me kindly from replying to one who succeeded in the feat of writing a whole column without any bearing whatever on the question. But more grateful would I have been, had Mr. Maude saved me also the necessity of replying...
...strive to magnify the sagacious Goose with this feeble, academic pen? Only a quill from her own wing would be equal to the task. It were better to give over the attempt, and try only to heed her counsels...
EDITORIAL boards are retiring about this time. In nearly every paper we have taken up, the exchange column began, "We dip our pen in gall for the last time." This seems to be a universal formula, though what it means it is impossible to say. No black ink at present manufactured can be used without "dipping your pen in gall," and unless you are always going to write with a pencil in the future, it scarcely seems necessary to mention that you use black...