Word: answering
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...study of anatomy is of no little service; and even to those who have no special artistic or athletic bent, ignorance of the constitution of the human body is often very galling. We need not say that the voluntary lectures at present given by Professor James do not answer the purpose; for, even if all were energetic enough to attend a course which did not count, many would be prevented by conflicting recitations. Unless, therefore, there are practical difficulties in the way, we see no reason why this study should be banished from our curriculum, or at best reserved...
...ever been. The subject is a very old one, but the annoyance is so great that the only way to correct it eventually, seems to be to speak of it periodically. Examinations can never be a very perfect test of what a man knows; hence, a few questions answered well are, in the majority of cases, a much better test than a number answered hurriedly. It is an impossibility, for instance, to do justice to fifteen questions, "and write as fully as you can in answer to each question," as was required in an examination this week...
...Write your question on a piece of paper and drop it into the hopper," he said, "and the automatico-phonographic attachment will answer...
...shall answer the charge...
...heart gives answer, though my reason flies...