Word: vagabonder
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...Vagabond, however active he may be in the pursuit of knowledge and culture, follows a mode of life which makes him necessarily a passive element in the educational system he is most closely associated with. He listens to lectures, absorbs concerts, and delights in the exhibitions of art which frequently claim his attention, but rarely does he step out of the role of listener and onlooker. Lectures without examinations or section meetings engender a feeling of passivity in the most ardent and avid pursuer of learning. Partly to break this habitual receptivity of mood, partly to vary the monotony...
...great will be the dilemma upon whose horns the Vagabond will this morning dangle only his fond readers can guess...
Upon looking over his schedule for the morning, the Vagabond finds himself invited to a number of lectures so variegated in subject matter as to promise a highly diverting and instructive day. Economics, history, science, music and architecture are all on the bill of fare,--certainly a more widespread range of material could not be found to edify the versatile interests of a true vagabond, whose mind should be many-faceted...
...choice between these three must be left to the individual taste; the Vagabond could not presume to decide which will be the best, although probably his own inclination will lead him to the Music Building...
...regard to British Foreign policy toward the end of the Victorian era the Vagabond is forced to confess ignorance. But he has heard Professor Webster lecture, he knows that Professor Webster has had an unrivaled opportunity to study this subject in his work in the British foreign office and his long access to the British archives, and he is going to avail himself of this easiest and pleasantest way imaginable to find out just what Great Britain was thinking and doing in relation to the rest of the world around the year...