Word: says
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...applaud. Notwithstanding the numerous errors which our Nine were guilty of, the game showed plainly that practice alone is needed. The fact that much of the good playing was done by the new members, and that the "reliables" are responsible for the greater part of the muffing, is, to say the least, very encouraging. The batting of the Nine was certainly very good, and as this has hitherto been considered their weak point, there is cause for congratulation. It is evident that the members will play together much better than the Nine of '74, and will consequently raise their fielding...
...sufficient patriotism to support a reasonable amount of inflation and force-bill. It is useless for us to attempt even a short description of what was to be seen, when we consider that there are fourteen daily newspapers published within a radius of four miles; suffice it, then, to say that all went well at Lexington but the President and the northwest-wind, - the latter failing to please because it did blow, and the former because he did n't, - but both seem to be unaccountable to any human authority. The President was two hours late in coming from Concord...
...feel it our duty to say a few words for the purpose of rectifying an abuse to which our attention was called some time ago, and which has been rapidly increasing within the past few weeks. Quite a number of the students who frequent the Reading-Room have shown their eagerness to pluck the fruit of the tree of knowledge by cutting from magazines and papers whatever has appeared to them as useful information, or has simply struck their fancy...
...ideal American," replied he, "is tall, loose-jointed, and hatchet-faced. His clothes do not fit him, or, rather, he does not fit his clothes. His linen is apt to be a trifle negligee, we 'll say. He talks through his nose. His mind may be, like his native prairies, grand in its dimensions; but it is certainly like those prairies in being thoroughly uncultivated. His manners are positively rude in their simplicity...
...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 life before you. I meant the other bottle. Poor, poor fellow! so much misery before you. That brandy's about the worst. Come and see me at the legation. Good night." And, with these words, the distinguished diplomat departed...