Word: ym
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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August 29: My pupills all came to me ys day to desire vy might ceas learning Hebrew; I withstood it with all ye reaso I could, yet all will not satisfy ym. Thus am I requited for my love; & thus little fruit of all my prayers bears for yr good...
...differed widely from those in our own day, for after being reprimanded he writes thus repentantly home to his mother : "If the tobacco I have sometimes taken be a just grievance to any, I desire them to know yt if ye forbearance or utter aviodance of it will give ym content, I shall quickly quite ridd myself...
...pleasure and profit from the perusal of a little volume entitled "Ye Proverbes of Beniamin Franklin," and made up of such choice maxims as these, "Economic is Wealthe," "A Penny Sav'd is a Penny Earn'd," "Take Care of ye Pence and ye Poundes will take Care of ym selves." With how great, pleasure was it, then, that we discovered the influence of our old friend in the management of our beloved University. It appears that the fountain of Boston's wealth having temporarily run dry, the honored commander-in-chief has determined to raise that Three Millions...