Word: gain
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...distribution of prizes is made to the leading scholars. When one has ended this course of study, he is ready to undergo the examinations for the degree of Bachelier-es-Lettres. Perhaps you would not be unwilling to learn what a bachelier is supposed to know. You will thus gain an idea of what the baccalaureat is. The examination is divided into two parts, the oral and the written. The written part consists of a translation of a passage, taken at random, from some Latin poet or author, to the performance of which two hours are allotted. Candidates are allowed...
...inscrutable ways of Providence. We have for a long time been defrauded of our money by the exorbitant prices which have been set by those who supply us with the necessaries of life. Now at last we have them on the hip; and, although the number of those who gain by this new method of retribution is quite small, nevertheless, as they are a credit to the College by reason of their shrewdness, we who have suffered do not grudge them the rewards of their labors...
...contempt which so many feel for the simple exercise of the retentive faculty, in comparison with the higher training to be got from the mental gymnastics of philosophy. While men are not apt to depreciate the value of their own possessions, so also they do not strive to gain that which they hold in little estimation. The old belief that a good memory was incompatible with a sound judgment has long since been exploded as contrary, not only to common sense, but to a large number of actual examples. The depreciation of memory is, then, largely a prejudice...
...light again after its long depression since the time of its founder, Tiro, Cicero's freedman.* This phonography was invented by Mr. Isaac Pitman, of Bath, England, and, as its name denotes, is a writing of the sounds heard in speaking. It has, on this account, a great gain over the old systems in additional speed, in simplicity, and in the means it supplies of expressing every language in the same characters, though its value in this respect seems as yet unappreciated by philologians...
...gain from anticipating some of the required studies is very great. Many subjects, taken as a whole, are quite interesting, but become, when dealt out piecemeal, - ground out in two-page doses, - inexpressibly tedious! By a little study in the long vacation, one can easily anticipate one or more of the required courses, as a little work, if regular, does wonders, when the mind is free from the many engrossing attractions of college life. The time gained by this anticipation can be employed very profitably; for a man can give more time to some favorite elective, and become far more...