Word: poorness
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...subject his notes would be of little avail, his authorities of none at all. Let the student at an examination give on one side of the page his general information, on the other, his notes, original and copied; he can be credited for both; he who has but a poor memory may fairly compete with him who has much; that abominable habit of cramming may to some degree be done away with, and the student have some little play for originality; lastly, though not least, the system of cribbing would be permanently checked. It would be the for student...
...borrowed passages. "Richard Wagner and the Music Drama" is instructive, well written, and somewhat original. "On Brand's Piazza" attempts too much scenic effect for the powers of so young an author. No serious objections can be made to the poetry of the number. Nothing is absolutely poor, and there is much to commend...
...distinction." Not that we desire to make the United States one vast garrison like Prussia, or get into the habit of picking international quarrels unnecessarily; but all our experience tells us that a certain amount of preparation is nothing more than prudence, and that it is a poor policy to allow our military knowledge to fall to so low an ebb that a war is rendered longer and more bloody by the inadequate provision to meet...
...University started with the crews in their barge without coxswain and with their usual practice stroke. This they kept up steadily throughout the race, coming in first by 52 seconds. The show for second crews was rather poor, the Juniors rowing in a shell against the Sophomores in a barge with coxswain, giving the latter one minute's allowance. The issue proved that this was none too much, the Juniors winning by a long distance, with a few seconds to spare...
...save what is left of my poor oozing brain...