Word: ignoramuses
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Dates: during 1876-1876
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...Mathematics, or the general study of literature necessarily fails to do. Acknowledging the value of Chemistry, Botany, and Geology, many a man of a literary penchant is deterred from electing them from fear of their taking up too much time; and thus on graduating from college is a perfect ignoramus in natural branches. This defect, in a measure necessary hitherto, has, it seems to us, been obviated by the action of the College in offering what is styled in the pamphlet, "Summer Instruction in Science for Teachers and other Adults...