Word: youthful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...poet of the open road so is he a votary of the real. For the real is imaginary; the imaginary is perfect. That was a thought which came to the Vagabond as a young lad; and one which he would hold as he cherishes his youth. Though the heart, the Vagabond has been told, doesn't wrinkle, still well he knows it becomes poor. For in youth all things are of the same importance; nothing escapes our attention; and dreams are more precious than facts. But as we ascend the steps of formal education we act with design; busy ourselves...
...seeking advice for their yearlings; Weld, Wigglesworth, all the freshmen dormitories are chattering with mother decorators; the Yard once again is buzzing with the seriousness of beginnings; the thought of the tercentenary has not disturbed old John Harvard; a young girl took his picture this morning remarking about his youth. And the happy Sophomores as they enter the Houses have always stirred the Vagabond's heart. Well he remembers the day when he wished for the warmth of a Dunster suite; but his heart was sadder and younger then...
...wise for a candidate like himself to travel about Canada in his personal private car named Mildred. Overnight Mildred became No. 100. Conservative Bennett created his first campaign sensation by coming out in broadcasts in favor of "controlled inflation," proposing to cure Canadian unemployment and "give youth a chance" by retiring all workers on pensions at 60, and finally vexing his rich friends by promising to issue no more tax-exempt Canadian bonds...
...youth and later life Herrick never rejected the theory or practise of making hay while the sun shines. "That age is best, which is the first" be says in the incomparable little piece beginning...
...universities, I suppose, are divided into the Herricks and the Miltons, to take the latter in his mood of "hence, vain deluding joys." This problem faces every freshman, and if his friends, his purse or his tastes decide for him, the decision must be made--whether to regard youth (which means university career) as a gift which must be enjoyed, or as a fateful threshold to life. Only the very lucky ones can have it both ways, can dance in the Spring and reap a catch crop harvest in the Autumn...