Word: tant
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...place to lounge in, and all that sort of thing. The great objection to it is that all who have the entree are tempted to become professional loungers, - a class of people, as I have often told you, who are not appreciated upon this side of the Atlantic. Tant pis pour nous...
...great, essential attainment which, with us, secures to a man a scholarship, is - indigence. If he has ability, tant mieux; but no supply of the latter rather important attribute qualifies him for winning a University benefice, save in one or two instances, while poorer men are in many ways encouraged to excel in all departments. The results are, first, that the absence of all men not dependent on college aid from the contest lowers the standard of excellence in College; and, second, that society is overstocked with unambitious gentlemen of leisure, unable to pursue professional studies, after graduating, with credit...