Word: things
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...false ring in these lines makes them foolish. It is a common thing for all poetry of this kind to be written about the sea, until in truth, it becomes all "endless sea" to the reader. No poetry is so easy to write as this ; no poetry is so utterly worthless when written. The most remarkable verse we have met, one which expresses the feelings the sea stirred up in the poet, and in which the author seems to be in a sort of ecstasy of grief and woe while giving one the impression that he was "born tired...
...surprise, the student merely hands you his card with freezing courtesy and inquires your address. Somewhat dazed, you inform him and continue your walk, wondering at the customs of the German student and congratulating yourself on your witty reply. In time you return to your lodgings, when the first thing that meets your eyes is a challenge lying on your table. You learn subsequently that the words exchanged between the German and yourself are the regular preliminaries of a duel...
...game of the year. The change battery surpassed the expectations of the most sanguine, showing up much better than the regular Brown battery. The fielding of the nine was very good, even for a nine which is noted for its fielding, while the batting was quite heavy. The only thing that marred the playing of the Harvard nine was the poor base-running, several points being lost by reckless coaching. In this one respect the playing of the nine should be much improved before we meet such opponents as Yale or Princeton, whose superiority in this respect is well known...
...sport by competition with masters of the art is not unlike (if the comparison is pardonable) the opportunity afforded to a divinity student in having Phillips Brooks criticize one of his sermons, or lecture to him for an hour upon the duties of his chosen profession. If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well...
...first thing that invites criticism about the paper is its cover, which is by all odds, the best thing in it. We seek in vain through the columns of the paper for the name of the artist, (Harrington), appended to this production, and fear that this is only another evidence of the prevalence of professionalism at Yale. But, although the picture, despite a little faultiness of execution, is pleasing, considered as an original production, it is far from satisfactory. If imitation is the best flattery, then Mr. Mitchell, the editor of Life, should be very much pleased ; for even...