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DIED. PATRICK DALZEL-JOB, 90, British World War II hero who served with author Ian Fleming and was reputed to be the model for James Bond; in Plockton, Scotland. In an interview, he revealed that Fleming told him after the books had achieved some success that he was 007's inspiration. Even as other officers claimed credit for the character, the daring naval commander downplayed his contributions and stressed that unlike Bond, he loved one woman, his wife, his whole life...
...entrance requirements, too, differ entirely from the ones now in use. In 1820 the prospective student had to be: "Well versed in the grammar of the English, Latin and Greek languages; in 'Virgil', Cicero's 'Select Orations', 'Salust', 'The Greek Testament', Dalzel's 'Collectanea Graeca Minora', 'Latin and Greek Prosody', 'Arithmetick', and 'Ancient and Modern Geography...
About this time (1803) the authorities raised the standard of admission, and required examinations in Dalzel's "Collectanea Graeca Minora," the Greek Testament, Virgil, Sallust and Cicero, with a knowledge of Greek and Latin grammars. The candidates had to be well versed in geography and arithmetic...
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