Word: thoughts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...alarm, on going to bed, I thought I noticed a malicious twinkle in the old clock's sombre countenance. It may have been fancy, though, on my part...
...conclusion, we would say that, whatever may be thought of the duty of the Corporation in this matter, the petition must be regarded by all Episcopalians, and even, to some extent, by those who are not Episcopalians, as a laudable endeavor to remedy acknowledged evils, and advance a good and holy cause...
...have thought, if I to the world were dead...
...brushed aside from your path with stern determination. Those who say you have no soul are envious. Do not mind them. Remember that "The lot of the unenvied is not enviable." Last in place, but first in importance, remember that, as the purpose of words is to conceal thought, so the purpose of manners is to conceal feeling. Vulgar people will call this dissimulation; you know that it is only good breeding. I am conscious that this is but an imperfect chart for those who set out on the sea of college life. But the principles are here. The elaboration...
...gentlemen who advised the present method of correction must have given careful consideration to the matter before they came to any conclusion, and must have thought the present method the best which could be devised. It seems to us, however, that with such a change as we have attempted to explain, while the expense to the College would be increased, yet the benefit derived by the student from the writing of themes would be correspondingly greater, and would be well worth the extra outlay involved...