Word: impetuses
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...impetus given to the study of Latin by the application of the historical method and by the study of inscriptions, by Minton Warren...
...always been very lively. As an American scholar his achievements in classical archaeology have stimulated a pride in his work that is not confined to his alma mater, but is felt equally here at Harvard, where of late years the study of his subject has received such an impetus from the efforts of Professors Norton and White...
...recent warm evenings have given new impetus singing on the fence.-[Yale News...
...Jarvis field, and eighty-seven will there make the beginning of its athletic career. There is an old saw which says briefly, "a work well begun, is a work half done," and indeed if the meeting be a successful one, it will give the athletics of the class an impetus which will carry them well along for the ensuing four years; but if on the contrary, it prove unsuccessful, it will be a heavy weight for the class to bear in whatever they may do afterwards. Obviously it is only the individual athletes who can bring success to a meeting...
...arose at Paris, but was imported to England and almost did away with the original lecture system at Oxford. About this time, the revival of classical learning drove out the study of Commercial Law, though lectures were still given on these subjects. The invention of printing also gave an impetus to learning, through the study of cheap books instead of valuable manuscripts. Little by little, the university lecturers made way for the "fellows," and these have, in their turn, made way for the present tutors of Oxford and Cambridge...