Word: though
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Though never very studious after this, Motley was a brilliant linguist. He devoted most of his time to literature. Shelley and Praed were his favorite poets. He amused himself by writing sketches, poems, fragments of plays, etc., some of which were printed in the papers of the day, and two poems appeared in the college paper, - the Collegian...
...Appleton, in the Brattle House, occupying the room on the ground floor to the left of the entrance. He became a member of a college club, called the "Knights of the Square Table," which it seems indulged in supper-parties at Fresh Pond and Gallagher's. But Motley, though a genial companion to his intimate friends, was far from being universally popular. "He did not care to make acquaintances, was haughty in manner and cynical in mood." He cared little for the society of young ladies, and, though celebrated for his beauty, either had no vanity, or succeeded remarkably well...
...international regatta. "We hardly expect the crew," says the Gazette, "to be quite so good as that of last spring, which was one of the fastest on record; but, as they all have good style to start with, they ought to get well together; and they are fairly, though not exceptionally, strong." All this is very significant, as is the intelligence that Cambridge is in the same box, having "only two of last year's crew in residence...
...these facts into consideration, we suggest that the Corporation and Fellows of Harvard College apply for a patent on the word "Harvard," to secure them its use and possession as a private sign, seal, or trade-mark. This would effectually stop the current use of the word in advertisements, though it might seriously interfere with certain organizations in college. The Harvard Advocate and the Harvard Lampoon would probably be obliged to give bonds that they would always represent the sentiments of the Corporation, but this they would willingly do for the sake of the prestige. The powers that be would...
...think I'm in love, though...