 | Insurance - 1855 - 432 pages
...knowledge of wide surface and of small depth. We are of opinion that a candidate ought to be allowed no credit at all for taking up a subject in which he is a mere smatterer. Profound and accurate acquaintance with a single language ought to tell more than bad translations... | |
 | George Bradshaw - 1858 - 406 pages
...knowledge of wide surface and of small depth. We are of opinion that a candidate ought to be allowed no credit at all for taking up a subject in which he is a mere smatUrer." — Ripert of Commissioners of ]8C4. as a choice remains, the Presidency (and in Bengal,... | |
 | EDUCATION SOCIETY'S PRESS, CULLA - 1860 - 612 pages
...Service Examination Committee (Nov. 1854): " We nre of opinion that a candidate ought to be allowed no credit at all for taking up a subject in which he is a mere smatterer. * * * A single paper which shows that the writer thoroughly understands the principles of the differential... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1908 - 898 pages
...the Civil Service Commissioners may deem necessary in order to secure that 'a Candidate be allowed no credit at all for taking up a subject in which he is a mere smatterer.' Information as to the dates and details of the examinations, and the method of entering for them, can... | |
 | Leone Levi - 1866 - 524 pages
...has already been mentioned as one of the ruling principles of these examinations ftat no candidate should be allowed any credit at all for taking up a subject in which he is a mere sinatterer. Hitherto we have thought it enough, in conformity with this principle, to strike out all... | |
 | University of Cambridge - 1866 - 412 pages
...knowledge, of wide surface and small "depth. We are of opinion that a Candidate ought to be "allowed no credit at all for taking up a subject in which he is "a mere smatterer." — Report of Committee of 1854. 7. The Examination will be conducted by means of printed questions... | |
 | Robert Johnston (F.R.G.S.) - Civil service - 1870 - 196 pages
...ledge of wide surface and of small depth. We are opinion that a candidate " ought to be allowed no credit at all for taking up a subject in which he is " a rnere smatterer." — Report of Committee of 1854. t Full instructions as to the course of study to... | |
 | 1874 - 586 pages
...is as generally condemned. The authorities justly consider "that a candidate ought to bo allowed no credit at all for taking up a subject in which he is a mere smatterer." The penalty is supposed to act as a deterrent with those who would otherwise take up a great number... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1874 - 606 pages
...is as generally condemned. The authorities justly consider "that a candidate ought to be allowed no credit at all for taking up a subject in which he is a mere smatterer." The penalty is supposed to act as a deterrent with those who would otherwise take up a great number... | |
 | George Otto Trevelyan - 1876 - 652 pages
...knowledge of wide surface and of small depth. We are of opinion that a candidate ought to be allowed no credit at all for taking up a subject in which he is a mere smatterer. Profound and accurate acquaintance with a single language ought to tell more than bad translations... | |
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Nothing can be further from our wish than to hold out premiums for knowledge of wide surface and of small depth. We are of opinion that a candidate ought to be allowed no credit at all for taking up a subject in which he is a mere smatterer. 
