Word: affix
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...admit the advantages of the system. It is easier to throw the dice for per cents than to estimate the true value of a year's work. It saves trouble to read through a book and affix to it a cabalistic sign. On the other hand, it requires care and judgment to note accurately the worth of daily work. But an instructor's estimate of men, not marks, would be the fairer method. Two examinations - one upon entrance, one for a degree - would obviate the difficulties of a continuous struggle for marks; if this change be too radical, let rank...
...which is much the larger, and is altogether quite an elegant article, is to be the prize for the six-oar race, and the Beacon Cup for the four-oar. Both cups will be placed on exhibition before the time of the races; and it is intended to affix to each a parchment, on which will be transcribed, each year, the names of the members of the respective victorious crews...