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I AM afraid that the moderation of your article on the regulations for admission to the military colleges may give some readers the impression that science is merely being discouraged more or less seriously in their examinations. The fact is, however, that it is being ousted with absolute certainty, for hardly anyone can afford to take up an optional subject which is at a disadvantage of 1000 marks. Severity of competition has within the last few years quite doubled the number of marks qualifying for admission to Sandhurst, and it will soon be impossible, even if it is not so at present, for a candidate to gain a place if he takes up any subject other than Latin, French, German, or mathematics.
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A., W. “Physical Science and the Woolwich Examinations”. Nature 37, 319 (1888). https://doi.org/10.1038/037319a0
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