Word: gerundive
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Dates: during 1916-1916
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...easy to exaggerate the amount of "gerund-grinding" done in college courses. Professors usually enjoy this work no more than students; and those who have taken courses in the University beyond the necessarily irksome one dealing with Xenophon's daily progress know that the human and literary side of the classics form the greatest part of the interest of the instructor. It is, however, true that most men have not the time, or think they have not the time, to study the classics in the original language. There is a course on Greek tragedy for upper-classmen conducted in English...