Word: riches
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...putting the thing through with some vim. The Faculty refuse the use of Jarvis; but a fifth-mile track can be made on Holmes, at slight expense, and the seats are already there; besides, expense is of no consequence, as the Association is out of debt and very rich. If this move falls through, either owing to the inertness of the H. A. A. or the unwillingness of the fellows to train, then athletics are indeed in a desperate way, and had better be dropped altogether rather than straggle on as they do. Let us then, for our own sake...
...SHUFFLING in the hall, a knock at my door, "Come in," and in comes Nicholas. He has a pair of bright black eyes, a glistening set of teeth to relieve a dark Italian complexion, and a rich mass of unkempt hair. Nicholas's vocation is candy-selling, but he does not confine himself to this vocation solely. On bright days he is to be found in the streets of Boston, singing to the accompaniment of an organ carried by his father...
Nicholas's voice is a rare one, full, rich, and uncultivated, yet very sweet withal. I remember that often, crossing the Public Garden, and hearing the familiar voice singing, under a Beacon Hill window, I have had the bad taste to sit down upon one of the benches to listen, and imagine myself in Italy hearing a lover serenade his lady. Once indeed, on a June morning, when the birds twittered and Nicholas sang so that I forgot my annual awaiting me, I followed him up and down, until, meeting a severely critical friend, I basely shielded myself by asserting...
American college corporations think they have done their duty when they have helped a "meritorious, but indigent student" to get his degree. In addition, it remains an open question whether American scholarship will be advanced or not by throwing open to rich and poor whatever rewards a college has to offer...
Doth all its rich perfume unclose...