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a couple, a wedded or engaged pair.
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Richard Elliot, one of the main characters in Edith Wyatt’s book.
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feminine counterpart, wife.
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caricatures, grotesque representations of persons by overemphasis on characteristics.
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Cambridge and Boston, where Harvard University is located.
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priggishness . A prig is a person who is narrowly or self-consciously engrossed in his own mental or spiritual attainments.
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painter’s colic, a paroxysmal pain in the abdomen, due to spasm, obstruction, or distention of some one of the hollow viscera.
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trade disease, illness, sickness, or ailment pertaining to a particular trade.
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pounces, swoops down and seizes.
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human core . The core is the central part of anything; the essential part; hence, the heart or soul of the human being.
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regnant, prevalent, predominant, ruling.
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robuster, more vigorous.
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gives it a wide berth, keeps far away from it.
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“tone,” prevailing character of morals, sentiments, etc., which gives a general effect of the whole.
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reverts, turns back, goes back; returns.
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spreading power, power of spreading and influencing others.
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McClure’s Magazine, etc., are all American magazines of a very popular nature and therefore not of the highest literary merit.
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popular university, a place of higher learning for the mass of people. clarification, act or process of making clear.
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“ten-cent magaines,” popular magazines, commonly trashy or sensational, and sold for ten cents, so that all may buy them to read.
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synthetic, formed by artificial synthesis—the art or process of making or “building up” a compound by a union of simpler compounds or of its elements.
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groping, feeling our way as in the dark; proceeding tentatively.
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Questions
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1. From what point of view is Mr. James considering the value of college education?
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2. What does he mean by the phrase “help you to know a good man when you see him”?
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3. What contrast is usually made between colleges and business, technical, or professional schools? How far do such schools develop critical sense?
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