Word: mildly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Draw it mild...
...October, when the Library was first opened on Sunday, no less than forty-five men took advantage of the new privilege. The day was clear, the weather mild, the men not driven with work (the term had then just begun), and yet the Library was used in the few hours by more than twoscore students. The extensive use of reserved books, the heartiness with which every improvement is welcomed that facilitates the use of the Library, show how valuable is the aid it gives to members of the University. In view of all this, the opening of the Library...
...please to draw it mild...
...consist of lectures, in which will be explained the formation of the beds of rock on the earth's surface; formation of glaciers and the theories of their movement; volcanoes, their source and causes," &c., &c., in detail. "The third hour of the course will be devoted, while the mild weather lasts, to work in the various quarries near Cambridge. This work will consist of collecting specimens, drawing maps, &c. During the cold weather, the work will be in drawing models of various sections of the country. The examination on the field work will be held separately from the examination...
Come, draw it mild, I am dead broke...