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...North. Byron's women are his guardian angels; and, whether good or bad, they leave an impression of beauty and passion which characterizes them alone. Manfred only speaks to Astarte. Sardanapalus both speaks to Myrrha and is answered with that passionate devotion which Manfred seeks for in vain...
...space to shun the world's vain cares...
Lovers would always sue in vain...
Come haggardness, old age, and vain desire...
...regard to our future course. Men in college cannot always decide what they want, as is shown by the frequent change of electives. How much greater, then, would be the dissatisfaction, if in their first year they could choose their own studies. It is by no means a vain fear that the subjects which prove to be "soft" would be too readily elected in order to escape more difficult, though perhaps far more important studies. And this may happen, not through any desire to lessen work, but by an imperfect knowledge of the subjects and their importance. There seems...