Word: clearing
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...clear Charles plasheth and whispereth...
...present a custom, which is sanctioned by nothing except its age, of regarding the statement of a student as false, while of a graduate, no matter if only of six months' standing, the direct contrary is assumed. In other words, if a student be requested to make a clear statement of his case, and if it be substantiated by two or three others, it is all considered as negative testimony, and is entirely overturned by one man's evidence, provided only he be a graduate; this is especially the case if there be the slightest prospect of an admonition...