Word: superintend
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...before 23 or 24 you more than take out of her at the other end . . . We even prefer not admitting gentlewomen earlier than 26 or 27 for two reasons: one that gentlewomen are younger in knowingness than those who have had to rough it; the other that posts of superintendents will be theirs if they persevere . . . and 24 is too young to superintend...