Life And Manners From the Autobiography of An English Opium Eater
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In Oxford, it means an exercise performed orally by the students, occasionally assisted by the tutor, and subject, in its whole course, to his corrections, and what may be called his scholia, or collateral suggestions and improvements. Now, differ as men may as to other features of the Oxford, compared with the hostile system, here I conceive that there is no room for doubt or demur. An Oxford lecture imposes a real bona Jide task upon the student ; it will not suffer him to fall asleep, either... literally or in the energies of his understanding ; it is a real drill, under the excitement, perhaps, of personal competition, and under the review 254 LIFE AND MANNERS. of a superior scholar. But, in Germany, under the decla- mations of the Professor, the young men are often literally sleeping ; nor is it easy to see how the attention can be kept from wandering, on this plan, which subjects the auditor to no risk of sudden question or personal appeal. As to the prizes given for essays, &c. By the Professors, these have the effect of drawing forth latent talent, but they can yield no criterion of the attention paid to the Professor ; not to say that the competition for these prizes is a matter of choice.
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