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2024-12-17 13:18:40 UTC

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“But the great generation, I am afraid, is at an end; and even during my own college days, the spirit appreciably declined”

Stevenson is modest, but accurate: in 1838 a 4-day snowball fight at the University was only quelled by the army (& a professor)

👇 The Life of Sir Robert Christison, Bart. (1886)

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#Scottish #literature #RobertLouisStevenson #RLS #Victorian #19thcentury #Edinburgh #winter #snowball #snowballfight

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