Calendar: 1873-1874 Page 535

GENERAL LITERATURE AND SCIENCE 535 and little of the true problems of life He paints to us next the ardour with which he for time sought to pierce to the secret of life and of the universe in itself to enter so to speak into the creative idea and see why each thing was why each man lived and felt He comes at last to tell us of the refuge which he took from this superhuman study which he compares to the blinding and dazzling effort of gazing upon the sun in the study of words that is of the human mind as reflection and shadow of some- thing higher than itself The passage was written some two thousaud years ago but believe that its meaning is as fresh and as true as if it had been written yesterday Principal Barry -The relative Claims of Language and Physical Science in Education III Grammatical Questions In what instances is the definite article employed in German contrary to the usage in English Give examples When is the preposition of standing between two nouns not expressed in German and when is it rendered by son State the advantage which the German language possesses by having special verb for the formation of the Passive Voice and explain fully the use of the latter In what instances is the Supine used in German Are there any verbs after which it is never employed Does the position of the subject affect in any way the construction of German sentence And how would you translate shall go to town to-day to-morrow shall write my letters Form frequentative nouns of the following ex- pressions -Secret flitren 93erg fecfjten Sang