Word: ardour
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...abolished entirely, and this cannot fail to have an important influence on the system of education pursued at the public schools, and must eventually exercise a diminishing effect on the number of university candidates. The importance of Classics as a branch of education has long been disputed with considerable ardour and ferocity; but there can be no doubt that a very important vote has now been registered against them...