Word: sacraments
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...from an editorial in the New York Evening Post for Nov. 18th, may be of interest to such of your readers as have not already seen it. Speaking of an effort which Cardinal Newman made, while at Oxford, to abolish a rule which forced every undergraduate to take the sacrament regularly, the writer proceeds as follows...
Professor in Chemistry: "Suppose you were called to a patient who had swallowed a heavy dose of oxalic acid, what would you administer?" K-(who is preparing for the ministry, and who only takes chemistry because it is compulsory): "I would administer the Sacrament...