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...president of Dartmouth College caught one of the students helping himself to wood from the presidential pile. 'Young man,' saith the venerable officer, 'what authority have you for taking away that wood?' To which the youthful rogue, mindful of his Latin syntax, replied, 'Opus and Usus, signifying 'need,' require the 'Ablative.' 'Take it, my son, take it,' said the old man; 'but when you have need again come to me and I will give you better authority than that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/7/1882 | See Source »

...cometh the young man who purchaseth the admission ticket for the frivolous showhouse, for a shekel that is of the value of one dollar, and wanteth to sell it to his companions for skekels of the value of three dollars. When the prophet saith, "put money in thy purse," he meaneth not that thou shouldst strive to found a national bank in thy vest pocket. Selah...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 2/18/1882 | See Source »

...voice to thee a message saith...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "THE SHADOW OF DEATH." | 11/25/1881 | See Source »

...prayer of agony love saith...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "THE SHADOW OF DEATH." | 11/25/1881 | See Source »

...good old days when, if I may trust tradition, a cask containing a quantity of good cheer from a neighboring distillery (Medford, so saith the legend) was set up in the middle of the Yard, where the weary and footsore might refresh body and soul, are gone. "Cultchar" did this, and probably to excessively great development of the aesthetic on one side and too little on the other, much of the present obfuscation is due. From some quarters, now that the deed is done, much unavailing regret is heard in Seventy-seven. But never yet, as far as I have...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A WORD TO SEVENTY-EIGHT. | 6/1/1877 | See Source »

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