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 Terr,e. Filius, 67 which they were obliged to attend publick let:turet,. was (I fuppof�) to fee whether they had atteMed them diligently or not for, if thofe lee'lures were duly kept up, and'theyoung fludents frequentedthem, their examination would l:e an eat}, task, tho' per- form'd with the utrnoft rigour, which the ftatutes require: but as theft: lectures are laid aftde, as. very few Tutors tke care to inltru& their ?utih many thing but a little humdrum Iogirki and as very few young fellows are difpofed to ffudy more than they are obliged' to do, they hve found out a new mo- thod of performing this tmblick extrcife with great fluency, and very little pains. As I told my reader, that for diftutations they have ready-made 1trings of fillogihm; to for examination, they have the skeletonsof all the arts or fc. iences, in which they are to be examined, containing all the quellion, ih each of them, which are ufually asked upon this occafion, and the common anfer that ar given to them i which in a veek or a l'brtnight they m. ay get at their tongue's end. -- But is this a fufli- cent mark of intrintick learning? Is this a proper qualification for univerfity degrees? -- Many afehooI- boy has done more tlan this for hi br,aking-u ta.,k ! Several [ngenuom candidates have confefs'd to me, that they never ftudied an hour, nor lok'd into any' fyftem o the fcieneeo 'rill a month before they were examined. l-Iow well the examiner perform their duty, I leave to God and their own co.fciences tho' my. fhallow apprehenfion cannot reconcile their taking a roleran oath, that they rill not b prevailed u[on y intreatis, r bribes, o: friendfltp, &c. with their ac- tually receiving brisand frequently granting tefii. moniums to unworthy candidates, out ofper. f0nal friendfiji? and ottle acctaintance,

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