Calendar: 1880-1881 Page 661
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INGLTS SCHOLARSHIPS GG1 scenery have been produced and refer the several kinds of scenery you mention to the agencies which moulded them Quote illustrations to show how the existing distribution of life on the earth may have been brought about Give briefly the characteristics of the several regions into which the earth's surface has been divided Describe coral reefs state their distribution and show what light they throw on changes which have taken place in the outlines of land and water 10 Mention some of the chief physical characteristics of the human race and state any evidence as to the ways in which characteristics of races may have originated 11 What influence has been exercised by winds upon the history of the human race 12 Give short account of the Australian and Papuan races -C £nglt£ii language Examine the view that this island was to some extent Teutonized even before the Anglo-Saxon invasion Explain the term Anglo-Saxon and show its usefulness Derive the term English What are the relations of our language to Welsh to Danish to Latin The most extraordinary word-fanciers we have had in English literature are Murray and Ker What foolish theories did these gentlemen start Our metaphysical and mathematical nomenclatures are with modified meanings borrowed chiefly from the Latin our chemical from the Greek and hundreds of words have
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