Word: sirs
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...comprehensive "History of the Edinburgh University" has been undertaken by Sir Alexander Grant, its present principal, and is now nearly completed...
...that "really he had no views whatever on the subject." Whereupon the professor, turning to a second unattentive student - who had evidently not caught "Mr. Johnson's" reply or its purport - said, "Mr. Smith, what is your opinion of the position of these animals in the classified series?" "Oh, sir," replied the innocent Smith, "my opinions exactly coincide with those just expressed so lucidly and clearly by Mr. Johnson!" Some examiners try to discover what a student knows, and others appear to aim rather at elucidating the ignorance of the candidates who appear before them...
Poet - "But, my dear sir, it is now four years since you accepted my epic, and no steps have yet been taken to publish it." Publisher - "Don't be in a hurry, young man. Homer had to wait more than three thousand years before he got into print, and you can hardly claim that your poem is an Illiad." - [Fliegende Blatter...
...Haven schoolma'ams were seen going through New Haven's flowing streets last week, each armed with a plank six feet long, with which they bridged bad gutters and pools." Where were the Sir Walter Raleighs of Yale...
...SHELTON, JR., SECRETARY Y. U. B. C.: Dear Sir - Your letter of January 27 is received. As we have already signified to each other in writing (Y. U. B. C. letter of January 22, and H. U. B. C. letter of January 25) our resolution to abide by the decision of our joint committee, no other guarantee is necessary, and we decline to sign any further agreement. We cannot consent to the appointment of a neutral committee, as it implies a lack of confidence in our respective committees and in their ability to settle questions which in former years...