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Word: aliquid (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...observation of a famous old Roman, "ex Africa semper aliquid novi"--which might be liberally rendered as "you never can tell what will happen next" is quite as applicable now as on the day of its utterance. Some time ago the students of a western university received through the mail advertising matter from a novel variety of tutoring school, which offered, for a specified consideration, to do all their thinking. A short time afterward the faculty editors of the alumni bulletin of a well known institution were sent catalogues of one hundred prepared speeches, "suitable for any occasion", on such...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MENTAL MARIONETTES | 4/28/1924 | See Source »

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