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tableness, calmness, moderation, and wisdom; or what in a former dis-
course I have ventured to call a philosophical habit. This then I would
assign as the special fruit of the education furnished at a University, as
contrasted with other places of teaching or modes of teaching. This is
the main purpose of a University in its treatment of its students.
126.
The main idea of the first paragraph (lines 1–18) is that
a. each science should be studied independently.
b. the sciences are interrelated.
c. the boundary lines between each
of the sciences should be
clearer.
d. some sciences are unduly given more emphasis than others at
the university level.
e. it is difficult to attain a proper balance among the sciences.
127.
By
the Sciences (line 3), the author means
a. the physical sciences only.
b. the social sciences only.
c. the physical and social sciences.
d. all
branches of knowledge, including the physical and social
sciences and the humanities.
e. educational methodologies.
128.
The word
excise in line 9
most nearly means
a. remove.
b. cut.
c. impose.
d. arrange.
e. compete.
129.
By using the word
safeguard in line 18,
the author suggests that
a. it is dangerous to limit one’s education to one field or area of
specialization.
b. it is not safe to study the sciences.
c. the more one knows, the safer one will feel.
d. one should choose a second area of specialization
as a backup in
case the first does not work out.
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