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...eventually become clubs of some sort or other. The gregarious instinct does not bow completely to indifference. And a collection of people interested in a critical appreciation of the theatre becomes a Theatre Goers' Club and loses itself in refreshments and parliamentary law. So the Debating Union is not singular in becoming extinct as a factor in University affairs while it strives to furnish the college litterateurs with a raison de parler...
...probably at least as good as yours. Here it is: "Prince Otto von Bismarck at 28 years of age is the leader of the Nationalist Party in the German Parliament, or Reichstag, one of the leading parties in point of numbers in Germany. . . . What strikes an American is the singular maturity of the young leader of the Nationalists. At 28 he would be two years short of eligibility for the United States Senate, but he has a riper knowledge of the world than four-fifths of our Senators. They grow up sooner in Europe than we do here...
None of the papers, however, have mentioned, in connection with this affair, a very singular article which appeared in the Northwestern undergraduate newspaper a year ago. It is well to recall it. Said the editor...
...idea should take well. Chicago's present glory sprang from the ashes of the Great Fire. It is seldom that college youth have such a singular opportunity to demonstrate their virility and benefit the arts at the same time...
Quite convinced, Brigham hit this trail. First it led to Kirtland, Ohio. When religious competitors tarred and feathered Joseph Smith Jr., the trail led to Far West, Mo. Here loafing, slaveholding Missourians resented the presence of industrious Yankees and a singular faith, persecuted them, incarcerated Joseph Smith Jr. The trail led to Nauvoo...