Word: previously
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...subject. [Based on Fulop-Miller's Triumph Over Pain-ED.] It is from Daniel Webster, written Dec. 20, 1851, addressed to Dr. W. T. G. Morton and states: "In reply to your letter of the 17th instant, I would say that having been called upon, on a previous occasion, to examine the question of the discovery of the application of ether in surgical operations I then formed the opinion which I have since seen no reason to change, that the merit of that great discovery belonged to you, and I had supposed that the reports of the Trustees...
...Horace Wells was not "Dazzled with hopes of a fortune. . . ." If he had been, he would have patented his discovery as he had patented two previous commercial discoveries, a coal sifter and a shower bath. When urged to patent this discovery, Wells declared, "No, let it be as free as the air we breathe...
Following the 14-year-old policy of soliciting the Seniors before graduation, Mercer is asking for voluntary gifts. All previous Senior Classes have responded well, the Class of 1927 have already compiled one-half of their...
...tendency has been for an increasing number of students to be tutored by men who have little or no previous tutorial experience, who are doing graduate work, and who are not members of the Faculty. At the moment, one-fourth of all tutees are tutored by men of no previous experience, and one-fourth are tutored by men of only one or two years experience. More than one-third are tutored by graduate students...
Pointing out that an increasing number of students are being tutored by men "who have little or no previous tutorial experience, who are doing graduate work, and who are not members of the Faculty," the Committee urged that the Administration and Departments take much greater care in choosing the lowest rank of teachers...