Word: limiting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...capacity is the volume of air which a man can expel from his lungs after making the deepest inspiration of which he is capable. The vital capacity of a men 5 feet 8 inches tall is 230 cubic inches, a variation of 16 per cent. either way is the limit of health...
...harm in permitting 'competent students' - who only, according to the words of the announcement, are to be afforded the privilege of entering these courses - to take two courses of this kind. It seems clear enough that no one would be likely to engage in two special investigations and limit his field of work to such narrow lines, unless for good reason and with definite aim. And in such a case the student's desires ought to be gratified. Harvard cannot afford to put any discouragement in the way of an ambitious and eager student...
Finally, avoid unnecessary promenading. Limit yourselves to your beats as we are limited to our seats, and depend more on vigilance of eye than on pedestrian awfulness. Do not continually pass between us and the windows; and please, please, sweet proctors, hang over our shoulders as little as possible. Don't stand, like the Devil, behind our backs, but pose in the foreground that we may be constantly encouraged by your inspiring presence...
...alcohol is equal to two ounces of brandy; to five ounces of strong wine, as sherry; to ten ounces of weak wine, as claret; to one pint of beer. If these quantities are increased one half, 1 1-2 ounces of absolute alcohol will be taken, and the limit of moderation for strong men is reached. The effect on a strong man of taking in 24 hours between one or two ounces of alcohol, is at once injurious, as is proven by evident narcosis, lessening of the appetite, increased rapidity of the action of the heart, dilation of the smaller...
Three years is the usual term of study, but no limit is set to the time when a man may make application for his degree. Nor is there any date on which the degree is awarded. As soon as the student has finished his thesis, the faculty arrange a meeting and decide his fate. As is well known, there are no examinations, neither "Semis" nor "Annuals" in the German Universities, and practically all the work of three or more years is "ground up" in preparation for his final test...