Word: upon
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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Their opinions are received by attentive minds and have their influence upon us, not because they come from gray hairs, but because we recognize them as the results of long meditation upon subjects of actual and faithful investigation. From the contrast between the two kinds of instruction we have received, the belief must come that the Freshman year is only a period of initiation, during which you receive the contempt of all, from the highest official to the goody, in order that you may afterward enjoy their greater favor...
...before, it was considered hardly right to make any one return for a recitation, though the preparation of this took up but a short time of the vacation, is it just, now, to impose upon us an examination in preparation for which, if we hope to pass at all fairly, we shall be obliged to spend nearly the whole of the two days allowed? For even if it is argued that we should be prepared at all times for examination, every one knows that not even the most persistent "dig" - and perhaps he least of all - would wish...
When, lo! there beamed upon my soul...
...closed upon their flank...
...Upon the flying...