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Admittedly, living in a philosophical Tower, an old hag to tend one--a dab of wood, gentle soul!--warm friends about, the treasures of the past at one's finger tips--and a sensitive mind to feel the world--'tis all so easy to warm one's toes and say: "The purpose of life is to live!" Live, mind you, as an artist paints a picture--not modernistic, if you please--harmoniously, a little color here and there, purposively, and as omits the fancy, in contemplation...
...enough. 'Tis about time to be off. Recall some of your Leather-stocking Tales and come with the Vagabond to Harvard 6 at 10 to hear more about Mr. Cooper from Professor Matthiessen...
Footnote to Kentucky Repeal vote: One Negro woman to another in front of a Middlesboro polling place-"Heah's how 'tis, honey...
Whimsical...tragic...realistic...exalted...humorous...sensuous...melancholy...cynical...satirical...For joy! for shame! No, 'tis not the Vagabond. Not this time. The little stint this morning has to do with a certain Don Juan hailing from Spain and living many a spicy hour in the land of the Turk; the isles of Greece; the steppes of Russia; even unto Puritanical England...
...Juan is not great poetry. "It is...meant to be a little quietly facetious upon everything...a playful satire, with as little poetry as could be helped." But the Vagabond likes it: "...when the old world grows dull, And we are sick of its hack sounds and sights..." 'tis good to turn to tales of adventure and the like. 'Tis good to go for an hour or so and learn more about...