Word: wente
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Spring came; the news of war went forth...
...continued stare, though flattering, is very rude indeed. I met some very, very nice college men at a german, though, - they were extremely dignified. Some of them told me all about how they spend their time, and I think Harvard life must be perfectly delightful. One very pale man went home early. My cousin said he had to grind, because he was a law pill. Isn't that a horrid name? Arthur Pendennis is here in the Freshman class. He is just as conceited as he can be. My cousin says he drinks. If Mr. Styleslinger calls on you, just...
...Beastly cold! Got to prayers. Cut Pol. Econ. Sleighing fine. Went speeding on the Brighton Road. Stopped at the Hawthorne and got warm. Have changed my mind, and am only going to see first-class performances at the theatre. So went to the opera. Splendid! Find it improves my style to keep a diary...
...Found Cambridge dull. Shaved. Went to two recitations; pretty hard work, but am determined to keep up my good resolutions. Jack asked me to go to the opera to-night; but I refused. Studied three-quarters of an hour, and then finished "Endymion." Very touching! Full of great thoughts! I like books that are deep...
...every one predicted a close and exciting contest; and though, in fact, the rowing, merely as rowing, was a much more interesting exhibition than has yet been given by a Harvard-Yale race on the Thames, - the event was a thing of profound indifference to the public. "Absolutely nobody" went to see it. Not two dozen undergraduates from Columbia and not one dozen from Harvard were in attendance. The whole number of people attracted from out of town was less than 200, and the New Londoners themselves very generally ignored the show. Exactly 162 tickets were sold to the grand...