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MR. F. HOPKINSON SMITH DECLARED CRAZE FOR MONEY OUR CURSE.

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Mr. F. Hopkinson Smith, lecturing in the Union last night, made several vivid contrasts between life at the present day, and that in the South before the war. Urging the avoidance of too much work, Mr. Smith pointed out the advantages of a less hurried life, and the spending of time and money in pursuits that make life worth living. He said that the curse of our generation is the craze for money.

Finally, the speaker called on the audience, as college men, to lead the way to a new courtesy which should rival that of the past.

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