Word: exception
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...cannot read him now, said Mr. Copeland, except for the lives of the poets, the vanity of human wishes, and a very few other things; but we love to read about him-indeed, we can never read enough-and we see and remember him as we remember only two other men in the long line of English writers, Swift and Carlyle...
...answer to the first two questions is highly analogous to the building of the pyramids. It is impossible to conceive of the greatest of modern nations performing such a task. The motive would be utterly lacking. With the ancient rules the task was completely non-economic, except so far as that slaves must be fed and children trained to take their palces...
Second Half-Year begins (except in the Medical School...
Examinations begin at 9.15 a. m., except those specially announced below for 2 p. m. Examinations must not extend beyond three hours...
...student is permitted to take any books or papers into the examination room except by express direction of the instructor. No communication is permitted between students in the examination room on any subject whatever...