Word: either
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...recitation, and therefore, if he leaves early, he is liable to be marked absent. So that if a man does not go to an hour examination they call it one thing, and if he does go they call it another, thus getting the dead-wood on him in either case. This is certainly a very pretty embodiment of the principle "Heads I win, tails you lose." If I knew to whom the credit of originating this ingenious device were due, I should be glad to give his name, in order that he might meet with the recognition which he deserves...