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Excerpt from Spahn, Brougham, Burdge: Oration, Poem, and History
Too bad - too bad the whole of it; and past as that earlier time is our College life. DO you still remember when papa said, Now, my son, you must go to College? There was no end of preparation, no end of leave-taking and at the last moment, delayed as long as possible, fond mamma, whose tender heart was breaking, invoked God's blessing as she kissed her boy again, weeping so hard the while that one would think the part ing were forever. Her sobs and tears even infected you, stout as you had resolved to carry yourself on the occasion. Then the ride over miles and miles of green country, when you passed through hamlets, towns and cities, with a prospect ever varying before your young eyes. But the prospect did not interest you, did not' even'distract your mind; for your thoughts would still wander back to the old folks, the Old times, the boys and the scenes that you Were leaving behind. Somehow each league you put between yourself and them gradually took the form of a separate eternity, out of which but one word kept continually sobbing itself into your ear - Gone! Gone gone! And the soul of meaning in this word permeated you. Sad, 'most wearisome'ly sad and heavy grew your heart. The ceaseless rumble of the car wheels tired you; the monotonous faces of the passengers tired you. Oh, that the tiresome ride were over I - and you were at your journey's end. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
