Word: rigor
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...throwing open of the civil and military service to competitive examination, thus giving the sons of the poorest and humblest men in the country a fair chance of filling places in the government service, which had previously been reserved for the younger sons of the gentry with such rigor that John Bright once called that service "a vast system of out-door relief for the British aristocracy." Indeed, it was said that "in England the opening of the civil and military service, in its influence upon the national education, was equivalent to a hundred thousand scholarships and exhibitions...
...notice is sent to his parents, and he is warned. If he receives thirty he is suspended from college for two or four weeks. If he received over twenty the whole number "count off his grade" - two-tenths for each absence. All these rules are enforced with some rigor. Is it necessary to add how this system is viewed by the students...
...phenomenon, but there exists, we think, a curious epidemic in some of the Western colleges-a mental malady which seems most frequently to result in the strange delusion on the part of the sufferer that he is being abused by somebody or other, and that the utmost vigor and rigor on his part is called for to repel all attacks. A curious mania for "strong writing" seems always to be co-existent in the college papers of the institutions where this sad disorder flourishes. We cannot affect to explain this fact either. For example there are the two papers...
...left in suspense. We are reminded, too, that in the world outside, the common experience of many generations has shunned giving absolute power to officers of the law, for fear of abuse or error, so that a judge is always limited by statute in the rigor of the sentence he may impose...
...Boston engagement. What is more, this bad reputation will cling to you through college. Your instructors will regard you as your conduct leads them to suppose that you regard them, - as a natural enemy; and every stroke of work that you do will be criticised with the most merciless rigor. On the other hand, if in the beginning you are reasonably attentive to your books, and, above all, if you flatter the tutor's self-love by taking copious notes, and by appearing to be interested in his numerous remarks, you will soon be distinguished from the great body...