Word: summa
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...spent the second half of his life answering that question in metaphysical verses of rare power and poignance. In his last published poem, the last one in this volume, he offers with the modesty of a sage a luminous summa of his long religious experience: Little Testament...
...present, the Department of Physical Sciences does not recommend students for a degree summa cum laude...
...roommates are still Harvard graduate students, and the third has disappeared. Talking to the two gives you almost no idea that Potter was not their real roommate. He was, both agree, about 6 ft. 1 in.; 180 lbs.; light brown hair; from Newton, Iowa; and "extremely intelligent"--he graduated summa. He was also "eccentric, egotistical and shy." "Now when did he write that letter?" one asks the other. "Didn't he write it around November?" he answers...
Please be advised that it is not impossible to do brilliantly in the Government Department. Contrary to your contention that "no one in recent history has graduated summa," a check of our records indicates that no less than ten have done so in the last ten years. It may be difficult, but it is far from impossible. Iseae Kramnick Head Tuter Department of Government
Listen to everyone and then pick whatever department you prefer. If you can't find anything of special interest, explore different fields and change. You may not get a summa, but you will get a good education. And that is about all you can expect from a 330 year old university for $1760 a year...