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Then in various parts of the field, signal towers built of light branches, which served as the framework for the human pyramids, sprang up. The fire lighting without matches then followed and in just 17 seconds there came to the representative of a Newton troop a reward in the form of a thin curl of smoke and the dry tinder burst into flame...
Further, "No scholar shall unnecessarily frequent any tavern or Victualling House in Cambridge to eat or Drink there without leave from ye President or one of the Tutors." Immediately after this order was repealed a number of eating houses, probably exceeding the present multitude, sprang up and did an excellent business...
Though he often played to the gallery, and was frequently sensational, this sprang from a sincere dramatic instinct. Few have had more devoted followers, and few have been more wholly admirable in their attitudes toward their families. He stood unabashed before Victoria's rank, his boldness pleasing rather than disconcerting her. This was also the case elsewhere, the fact that he was outspoken proving attractive rather than repulsive. Perhaps his largest asset in achieving success was his imagination, which led him directly to his great schemes for England's territorial aggrandizement. In spite of his love for fame, he added...
...this same year, 1879, The Echo, the first college daily, sprang up to live three years of unsuccessful life and be supplanted with hardly a struggle by the Herald in 1882. According to the Advocate it was hard to say what feature of the Echo was most acceptable to its readers, "the vulgarity of the first year, the insipidity of the second, or the negligence of the third...
...movement or syndicalism as it is known abroad sprang up in France in 1895, and in France it has reached its greatest degree of efficiency. The movement grew out of the general disappointment with legislative methods and the revolt against parliamentary government, in which Bourget, Zola and others took prominent parts. The failure of the Socialists in France to fulfill what was expected of them, once they had been elected to the legislative bodies was the immediate cause of the appearance of syndicalism...