BIB_ID
103425
Accession number
MA 22938
Creator
Foster, M. (Michael), Sir, 1836-1907.
Display Date
Place not specified, undated.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 18.2 x 11.5 cm
Notes
In pencil.
Acquired as part of a large collection of letters addressed to William Angus Knight, Chair of Moral Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews and Wordsworth scholar. Items in the collection have been individually accessioned and cataloged.
Acquired as part of a large collection of letters addressed to William Angus Knight, Chair of Moral Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews and Wordsworth scholar. Items in the collection have been individually accessioned and cataloged.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Commenting on a physiology paper and questions pertaining to an honors examination on it; saying "I can understand that any one who had simply 'got up' the subject, and expected common place questions would be 'floored' by it, but any one who had really understood the subject and thought about [it] would easily see what each question was driving at & find an answer to it. Whether it is 'fair' depends on your standard for honours - It is undoubtedly a stiff paper - & though not medical is certainly technical i.e. demands knowledge which can only be gained by working in a physiological laboratory - it asks for something more than advanced 'popular' physiology. The exam - seems to be an Art's exam - & perhaps you don't expect more than popular physiology - if so the paper is not fair. If you expect a real technical knowledge of physiology the paper is fair as an honours paper - though the questions are to my mind unnecessarily hard from the manner in which they are put. Excuse pencil - I am working in the train."
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