Liber brunensis . 260 LIBER B R U N E N S I S LII Ante-Mortem Beloved members of the faculty who have won our esteem, by theirsteam, through four long years, undergraduates of Brown University whohave tried so long and assiduously to equal in prestige the Class of 1910,all friends of the college, who have watched our playful antics with a kindand affectionate eye—you have now turned to that part of the 1910 Liberwhich is devoted to nonsense, pure and simple. The long, winter nightof the Arctic seas is like unto a brief hour of sunshine when comparedwith the gloom which will fall upon the count
Liber brunensis . 260 LIBER B R U N E N S I S LII Ante-Mortem Beloved members of the faculty who have won our esteem, by theirsteam, through four long years, undergraduates of Brown University whohave tried so long and assiduously to equal in prestige the Class of 1910,all friends of the college, who have watched our playful antics with a kindand affectionate eye—you have now turned to that part of the 1910 Liberwhich is devoted to nonsense, pure and simple. The long, winter nightof the Arctic seas is like unto a brief hour of sunshine when comparedwith the gloom which will fall upon the countenances of those whom wehave here portrayed in foolish garb, but let that not spoil your enjoymentof the quips and cranks and wanton wiles (John Milton, 38) whichwe spread out for your delicate understanding. The things we say aresaid in good intent, the tombstones we raise are carved in are forced to admit to certain moments of exaggeration, but hyper-bole is often the soul of wit, says the Engli
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