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Author Baring went to Eton and is still very proud of it. He seems to be unashamed of having been an undergraduate at "both Universities" (Oxford & Cambridge), a feat few Englishmen would care to mention. He tried Oxford first, "was ploughed" (flunked out) when he translated socordiam eorum inridere licet ?"It is licentious to laugh at a sister of mercy"?put his answers in the Divinity paper into such rhymes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Baedeker Hollandaise | 9/12/1932 | See Source »

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