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Nos deux messieurs le regardent.
Ce repas fait, il dit d’un ton de président,
Tenez, la cour vous donne à chacun une médaille
Sans dépens, et qu’en paix chacun chez soi s’en aille.
Mettez ce qu’il en coûte à plaider aujourd’hui ;
Comptez ce qu’il en reste à beaucoup de familles ;
Vous verrez que Perrin tire l’argent à lui,
Et ne laisse aux plaideurs que le sac et les quilles.
Translate into French,—
Frederic the Great paid so much attention to his regiment of guards that he knew personally every one of the soldiers. Whenever he saw a fresh one, he used to put the following questions to him:—1st. How old are you? 2nd. How long have you been in my service? 3rd. Are you satisfied with your pay and treatment? It happened that a young Frenchman, who did not understand three words of German, enlisted into the Prussian service; and Frederic, on seeing him, put the usual questions. The soldier had learned the answers, but in the same order as the King generally interrogated. Unfortunately on this occasion Frederic began by the second question—“How long have you been in my service?” “Twenty-one years,” replied the Frenchman. “What,” said the King, “How old are you, then?” “One year,” was the reply. “Upon my word,” said Frederic, “you or I must be mad.” “Both,” replied the soldier, according to what he had been taught.
“Well,” said the astonished monarch, “this is the first time I was ever called a madman by one of my guards: what do you mean by it, Sir?” The poor fellow, seeing the King enraged, told him in French that he did not understand a word of German. “Oh, is it so?” said Frederic, “well, learn it as soon as possible, and I have no doubt but you will make a very good soldier.”
GEOLOGY.
First Class.
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Explain the terms dip, strike, fault, anticlinal and syndinal curves, conformability, and overlap.
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Define foliation, lamination, and cleavage. How do they differ from stratification?
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Distinguish between Igneous, Aqueous, and Metamorphic rocks. Give examples of each. Explain the subdivision of Aqueous rocks into Mechanical, Chemical, and Organic.
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What are fossils? Explain and illustrate their use in geology.
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Arrange the periods in each of the three great epochs in the order of their age, mentioning the principal forms of animal and vegetable life in each epoch.
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Enumerate the subdivisions in Britain of the oolitic series, and mention any fossils characteristic of them.
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In what parts of the world are the carboniferous measures most largely developed? Explain as fully as you can the composition and formation of coal.
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What evidence have we of fluctuations of climate in the northern hemisphere during the tertiary periods?
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What natural causes are there in operation which tend to modify the surface and external structure of the earth?
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