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Word: vaunting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1875-1875
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...contributor to one of the College-papers, some time ago, "though all this may be true, Harvard can't secede until she has won a race; but then she may come out, and, drawing the attention of the bystanders and newspaper reporters to the fact that she is victorious, vaunt herself a moment on her prowess, and then add that, for numerous reasons, she must leave the Association." That such a proposition should come from a man careful of the honor of his College seems almost incredible. Surely, no one can say, except in jest, that such a position would...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD'S POSITION. | 12/10/1875 | See Source »

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