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...thorough as any, and the result of their efforts could not fail to be a text that would serve as a standard to colleges and schools. It is true that in Germany and England men spend their lives in comparing manuscripts, and think they have accomplished no small task if they can find some trustworthy authority for changing the spelling of a single word in a book whose text is acknowledged the most accurate. We should have the advantage of compiling an edition from the many that already exist, added to which advantage would be the inestimable gain derived from...
...just to him to say that they greatly improved under his care. While he does not lay claim to a professional's skill in coaching, Mr. Goddard deserves, instead of thoughtless criticism, a recognition of the faithfulness and ability with which he has performed so unenviable a task...
...cheap, but by the natural aversion all students feel towards U. 5. Only the longest experience will enable a man to calmly draw near that fatal threshold and unmoved send up his petition. Again, some of us, especially now in the semiannuals, cannot afford the time such a daily task requires. Now these difficulties might be removed by having the Secretary's boy go around each Monday morning and collect the petitions. It is a simple task, for, although at first he must knock at each door, he would soon learn what rooms he needed specially to visit, and could...
...when the first batch of ladies came down, I mildly suggested that we should immediately begin the embarkation, - a long and serious task, I assured them. To which dear Mary would have yielded, but Mrs. Earl thought they would wait for the others; "and, I'm sure, Master Morris, you and I need all the heat we can get before our ride...
Through the kindness and influence of Mr. Ruskin, the artist was allowed to take from the walls of the galleries, to a private room, whatever paintings he desired to study, and thus he was able to accomplish faithfully his task...