Word: writed
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...jaws that I decided to come down. Followed my friends down to the station. It would have been cowardly to have run away; besides, the dog kept close to my heels. Expenses, $25 and costs; $10 to the reporter to keep my name out of his paper. I must write for more money. What if this should leak out? What would Cowan...
...judgment are offended; nor do students care a straw how recitations are conducted when they have nothing at stake. True, in many cases grumbling is heard because the standard of scholarship is kept as high as it is, but those who indulge in this are not the ones to write essays for a college paper on the ill-management of the college...
Alas, I hate to write the rest...
...must first learn to read the classics, and when we can read and write them well the beauties of thought and expression will come of themselves, without our having to grub for them, which spoils the whole effect...
Those who object to this custom of supporting a paper in college urge that what time is spent in writing the spicy article or in discussing college topics could better be spent over Greek plays or on the Merovingian dynasty. While no one can doubt the propriety of doing the latter, still it is a pertinent question to ask, wherein have such studies any superiority over writing as a means of discipline. Moreover, it is a recognized fact that the men most ready to write are those who are also most ready to study. In this case there need...