Word: lowest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...merely and only because of her capacity for faith, even in delusions? To conclude, - for there must be an end to all things, - we would suggest to our readers that to be tied down to one's subject is a proof of a mathematical mind, - according to Goldsmith, the lowest kind of an intellect; and don't we all admire Goldsmith...
...enumeration of acts which are offences only because they are prohibited is reduced to the lowest point which seemed practicable; while breaches of order are left without provision, to be dealt with at the discretion and by the general authority of the Faculty, as has been done heretofore in many cases not covered by positive regulation. In all cases, specific penalties and regulations, suggesting a line up to which failure of duty or breach of discipline may be safely carried, have been struck out, in order to offer no temptation for a kind of calculation of results which is believed...
...with my gratification. Now, the thing that I have been puzzling my brains over is, why I should be surprised. In a University where the curve can affect either a ball or a mark indifferently; where the men who want to learn the most and study hardest get the lowest marks; where an instructor marks on the English system, and assures you, as he gives you sixty per cent, that this would entitle you to honors at Oxford or Cambridge; where you can calculate any action of the Faculty by the simple rule of opposites; where, in fact...
...class meetings will be, as at present, one dollar for each event, to be returned to all who cover the distance, and the championship will be free to the winner of each class event, and also to any contestant in the class meetings who shall equal the lowest record of any class winner. No other entries will be allowed...