Word: makes
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...seems to me that it is the quality and not the quantity of the work that instructors should aim at when making out a paper, and not to make one feel at the end of the hour that he had done himself injustice, whereas, if he had had a little more time, he could have given more careful answers, and had a few minutes to spare for the revision of his work...
...present a man must make his beginning in science in his college course, for every one knows that the entrance science amounts to nothing. The College recognizes this in Botany, in Chemistry, and in Geology; all of these have excellent courses, where a man may get a good grounding and an idea whether to go on with the subject. But in Zoology there is no such course. To be sure, there is a course marked in the elective pamphlet as "Zoology (Elementary Course)"; but any one who takes the course finds that it is of the most advanced type...
...Cambridge for about a month, he was confronted by the then Registrar, Cusset Jeremy Whitcombe by name, who said, "Brown, I shall be obliged to send you a Private and Public at once, next a Special, and the week after a Suspension, - so I 'd advise you to make the most of your time...
...well, make a dig and a fool of yourself, if you will - Good by [to me]; my love to Hammy; and, if you ever come to England, come and see me." And, nodding brightly, off he ran. I was just about to ask another question of my literary friend when I was suddenly called away. On my return no one was to be seen. I thought I heard some one in the distance repeating, "Arma virumque cano; Trojae -"; but I may have been mistaken; and, in fact, I am a little afraid that my imagination, always strong, on this occasion...
...crew of '77 and '78, having won three victories in two successive years, have decided to disband and make room for the younger rowing men in the University. While we regret as much as any one this action taken by the crew at a time when Harvard seems likely to lose its reputation for good rowing, we think it is more fitting to thank them for what they have achieved than to visit them with abuse and sarcasm. It is unfair to complain if men, who have devoted their energies during three years to the interests of boating, should...