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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
example
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a concrete example
▪ I can illustrate this point with a concrete example.
an obvious example
▪ This case is an obvious example of what can go wrong.
classic example/mistake/case etc
▪ Too many job hunters make the classic mistake of thinking only about what’s in it for them.
extreme example/case
▪ an extreme case of cruelty
fine example of
▪ Hatfield House is a fine example of Jacobean architecture.
follow the example
▪ Some state schools follow the example of private schools in asking parents to donate money.
gave...example
▪ He gave the following example.
glaring example
▪ a glaring example of political corruption
hypothetical situation/example/question
▪ Brennan brought up a hypothetical case to make his point.
notable feature/example
▪ A notable feature of the church is its unusual bell tower.
outstanding example
▪ an outstanding example of a 13th-century castle
quoted as an example of
▪ The nurses’ union was quoted as an example of a responsible trade union.
set an example (=behave well in a way that other people can copy)
▪ Parents should try to set a good example to their teenagers.
telling comment/example/detail etc
textbook case/example
▪ The advertising campaign was a textbook example of how to sell a product.
there is no better way/example/place etc
▪ There’s no better way of exploring the region.
typical example
▪ This advertisement is a typical example of their marketing strategy.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
classic
▪ The lectern at the Guildhall is a classic example of one that looks beautiful but is too small and fragile to use.
▪ This was a classic example of big government advocates misunderstanding a problem and designing a government solution guaranteed to make it worse.
▪ C., was a classic example.
▪ The Employment Training Scheme is a classic example of blaming the victim.
▪ This is another classic example of our ability to shoot ourselves in the feet.
▪ The fate of the monastic libraries serves in popular imagination as a classic example of mindless iconoclasm.
▪ A classic example of cognitive processes is that of animal memory and the demonstration of subsequent decisions based thereon.
clear
▪ One very clear example is shown in Fig. 9.1.
▪ The 830s offer two particularly clear examples of aristocratic dependence.
▪ Here is a clear example of a rare rock type that has been strongly concentrated by lunar geological activity.
▪ This was a very clear example of breach but others are less obvious.
▪ The clearest example of an incompetent teacher is one who lacks knowledge about the subject he or she is supposed to teach.
▪ The dichotomy between rights and privileges provides a clear example of this.
▪ These circular reactions are clear examples of active interactions with the environment.
early
▪ Why, then, were these early drawings such examples of ugliness?
▪ Lev in the earlier example spoke only to himself.
▪ One earlier example is of the cross-in-square type with a dome over the crossing.
▪ It was an early example of what you call recycling.
▪ The dome is one of the earliest examples raised on a drum and pierced with windows.
▪ The globalization of all things electronic is still far from complete; and many early examples of electrical revolution existed 100 years ago.
▪ Following the earlier example, assume the payment for each quarter's electricity is made in the next quarter.
▪ The Thomson organization was an early example of movement outwards.
extreme
▪ In an extreme example, imagine you have been told you have an incurable disease.
▪ That's an extreme example of the volatility, but it shows how brutal the market has been, analysts said.
▪ Fresh food is the most extreme example of the change that has come over the shops.
▪ It represented an extreme example of a theocracy - of a body politic organised essentially around religious principles.
▪ This enables its neck to stretch, coil and almost revolve the head; the most extreme example being the owl.
▪ It is, however, an extreme example.
▪ An extreme example of this effect is that foamed polystyrene cups feel warm, even without any hot coffee in them.
▪ This is an extreme example, and most tracks come in the hundreds rather than thousands.
fine
▪ The gallery is a very fine example and in good repair.
▪ Of these periods, the Renaissance is the finest example.
▪ The doors, which are the finest ancient examples in Rome, were originally gold plated.
▪ A fine example is the new visitor centre at St Andrews Castle.
▪ Sewstern Lane is a fine example of part of a multiple road system.
▪ It is a fine example of Stoddard Mercia Contract's Custom facility, where a special design can be woven.
▪ It was built in the fifteenth century and the paintings date from c. 1520; it is a very fine example indeed.
▪ This represents a fitting illustration of what has been achieved under the fine example and leadership of Graham Gooch.
following
▪ Many such incidents are of a consensual nature as is illustrated in the following example.
▪ The following is an example of some cognitive objectives for teaching the nursing care of a patient recovering from heart surgery.
▪ The following example shows this working.
▪ The following examples illustrate the type of situation that could call for the utmost in tact and diplomacy.
▪ You could write something similar to the following example anywhere in your program where you wished this calculation to be carried out.
▪ Li gives the following examples from a variety of topic-prominent languages.
▪ The following example is a single program to provide a 24 hour clock.
▪ The following example illustrates the problems involved here.
good
▪ Of this argument Max Hammerton, an experimental psychologist, is a good recent example.
▪ Perhaps the best current example is the Baldrige.
▪ WordPerfect is a good example of a word-processor that makes heavy use of these key combinations.
▪ The best example is the evidence that surfaced last week in the billing records of her former law firm from 1985-86.
▪ John Wylie's experience in Ballymoney is a good example.
▪ Walton is a good example of an inside player excelling without being a prolific dunker.
notable
▪ Winston Churchill, an evident manic-depressive who rarely slept, is a notable example.
▪ The most notable example is debt securities which companies promise to hold until they mature.
▪ General Booth's Salvationist doctrine was a notable example, recommending mass emigration from the city slums to virgin colonial territories.
▪ The case of Sacco and Vanzetti provided a notable example.
▪ There is a collection of these miscreants - Heath identifies file formats, disk formats and install scripts as notable examples.
▪ A notable example among many of government intervention to avoid strike action occurred in the 1954 pay negotiations.
▪ A notable example occurs just after the fire has started in a gasoline station at Bodega Bay, near the harbour.
obvious
▪ An obvious example is the relationship of a part to a whole.
▪ An obvious example was reported recently in Tennessee.
▪ A direct and obvious example is that many marine animals are dispersed around the globe by ocean currents.
▪ The most obvious examples of spillover costs involve environmental pollution.
▪ The most obvious example is the electoral college, the phantom body that stands between voters and the final outcome.
▪ In a way, death is too obvious as an example.
▪ Addiction to drugs, tobacco, or gambling are obvious examples.
▪ The most obvious example of this principle would be the depreciation pattern of most new Ainerican automobiles.
other
▪ Many other such examples could easily be found.
▪ Not just in coronary care - there are other examples.
▪ There are other revealing examples of camp argot.
▪ There are many other beautiful examples, from the origin of life to the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows bridge.
▪ Two other famous examples suffered in the Second World War.
▪ These two factors will also be characteristic of other examples which follow.
▪ And so on with all the other examples of this construction which have been found.
▪ The list shown in table 4.13 is not exhaustive. Other examples of polyatomic anions will be encountered in this book.
outstanding
▪ An outstanding example is Ferriby house, which dates from circa 1775, and was built by Sir Henry Etherington.
▪ One outstanding local example was the Broyle in Ringmer, 2000 acres of scrub and clay mire, an old deer park.
▪ To me, as well as being my old mate, he's a fine, outstanding example of a White Poplar.
▪ An outstanding example of peasant political particularism had occurred in 1921 in the Tambov guberniia bordering on Kursk.
▪ I saw outstanding examples of team work with results impressive in their professionalism.
▪ The outstanding examples have been in the dating of town defences, as demonstrated by Philip Corder in 1956.
prime
▪ Sherlock Holmes is the prime example.
▪ Jimmy Buffett and Steve Winwood are prime examples.
▪ Rural education is a prime example of this.
▪ Doble pointed to one prime example of poor communication between elected officials and constituents: the health care reform debate.
▪ The prime example of political control is the government's Action for Community Employment scheme.
▪ The lycee was a prime example of old-fashioned fluency-last pedagogy.
▪ A prime bland example is the local paper.
simple
▪ In this simple example, there is an obvious resolution to the dilemma.
▪ One simple example of the process would be estimating the height of a child by looking at the height of the parents.
▪ Here is a simple example of the complexity at issue.
▪ Smith liked to use simple examples.
▪ Let us begin with the simplest example and argue from that.
▪ A simple example will make the concept clearer.
▪ Clause 7.4 of Precedent 3 is a simple example of such a clause.
▪ Two simple examples are given in Fig. 4. 7.
typical
▪ You will note that it is a typical example of Viennese Baroque - so much more severe than Prague Baroque.
▪ A typical example was Gert, a complex boy who confused Bloomsbury House visitors.
▪ A typical example is as follows.
▪ Descriptions of experimental set-ups will be typical examples of initial conditions.
▪ A typical example is the tendency to blame yourself for instance, for smoking for many years before developing lung cancer.
▪ A typical example is Victoria Kagi, who was diagnosed with bone cancer.
▪ WordPerfect 5.0, Samna's Ami and Windows Word being typical examples.
▪ Figure 2.5 is a typical example.
■ VERB
cite
▪ He cited as an example an intelligent man who had been disabled.
▪ An annex citing examples of good practice would also be helpful.
▪ She cites the example of an 8-year-old girl who loves animals and is always talking about them.
▪ And in truth, it wasn't difficult to cite examples of short-sightedness, bloody-mindedness, and cynical manipulation of memberships.
▪ He cited examples of cities that allowed noncitizens to vote in municipal elections in Maryland and several other states.
▪ I could cite many more examples of the tree as the Goddess, especially her Tree of Life.
consider
▪ So let us consider his examples with some care.
▪ Most of her Romantic Suspense novels are now considered classic examples of the subgenre.
▪ To see why an obvious procedure may not be valid we will consider a simple example.
▪ Let us see how this works in a specific case. Consider the sequence for example.
▪ But how reliable is demonstrative identification? Consider the following example.
▪ It could not even consider, for example, bringing its prices more in line with what consumers were willing to pay.
follow
▪ Even when other people around us do things we disapprove of, we don't have to follow their example.
▪ My parents made the difference, and I try to follow their example when I work with my own children.
▪ I wish that Merseyside, which I love dearly, would follow the example of Dublin.
▪ Kids learn by following examples set by Arthur and his fellow third-graders.
▪ He had persuaded two fellow-officers to follow his example and take Kirov as their personal tailor.
▪ What follows are two real-life examples of power situations where personal intents are given top priority.
▪ There follows a simple example of this kind of organisation of ideas and information.
▪ But there are alternative ways to teach and learn, as witnessed by the following examples of classrooms of commitment and conviction.
give
▪ Mr. Hattersley I will give three examples, all of which the right hon. Gentleman has rejected in the past.
▪ Ask her what in particular she liked best, and encourage her to give examples.
▪ Li gives the following examples from a variety of topic-prominent languages.
▪ Tell them that they are going to see light bend. Give examples of bend if necessary.
▪ Box 18 gives some examples from the different categories.
▪ This is the same amount of solute contained in the 3 L normal saline given in the last example.
▪ It might have helped if the hon. Gentleman had given people a better example in that respect.
▪ Table 4.22 gives examples of how valencies can be used to find the formulae of simple compounds.
provide
▪ The figure below is provided as an example.
▪ Cleft and pseudo-cleft structures, discussed under predicated and identifying themes in 5.1.1.3 above, provide good examples.
▪ The Mandelbrot set provides a striking example.
▪ The present chapter provides concrete examples of such an evaluation.
▪ The immune system provides another example.
▪ It would be appropriate at this point for teachers to provide examples of students' work and the resources they use.
▪ Healy provides a prIme example of this error.
quote
▪ He quotes the example of diversifying sources of supply.
▪ We all quote more memorable examples.
▪ One can, therefore, quote only examples of this range, and two are given below.
▪ The experience of Maydown Precision Engineering in Derry was quoted as an example of trade unions being relevant in fighting unemployment.
set
▪ The beech hedge is trying to set an example by maturing.
▪ Deadbeat has really set an example.
▪ Have to set a good example.
▪ Mr Son has set a good example.
▪ This is rather cruel when set against the examples of his predecessors.
▪ The interior minister, Jean-Pierre Cheve nement, has not set a better example than his predecessors.
▪ Cuckney also feels that a top executive needs to set an example by being something of an entrepreneurial risk-taker.
▪ They should set an example by observing rules and regulations, using protective equipment, etc.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
lead by example
▪ Harman leads by example, putting his time in on the production line.
▪ It is best to lead by example and with support.
▪ Longfellows captain Billy McKibben led by example as his team got home 7-2 against the Strikers.
▪ Skipper Alan Kernaghan led by example at the heart of defence and Andy Peake did an excellent job against his former team.
▪ That is surely leading by example!
▪ They are the people who lead by example.
▪ They never preached about it, but just led by example.
▪ Top management will be seen to lead by example.
prime example
▪ All prime examples of been there, done that, but old age means I've forgotten.
▪ He was a prime example of self-disparagement.
▪ Indeed, asbestos is a prime example of how marginal exposure to carcinogens does not cause disease.
▪ Not surprisingly, then, the prime example of this new R & B sensibility was a black university graduate.
▪ Some of it is merely popular or a prime example of a genre.
▪ The prime example discussed by Stepp and Michalski involved classifying simple pictures of goods trains.
▪ The prime example of political control is the government's Action for Community Employment scheme.
▪ The prime example of that was his chief financial officer, whom he inherited from the previous president.
shining example
▪ But one shining example began several years earlier.
▪ Elliott's decision to dig up some rather feeble research and focus on the negative is a shining example of this.
▪ So are these lenders a shining example to the mortgage market or are they taking advantage of unsuspecting homeowners?
▪ The Centre is a shining example of how Care in the Community is designed to work.
▪ The project is not a shining example of a service that now fully involves disabled people and is controlled by them.
▪ Their cabin is a shining example of conspicuous consumption - fridge, light, fans and two ghetto-blasters.
▪ There are very few exceptions among composers, of which Chopin is the shining example.
take sb/sth (for example)
▪ Not everyone is doing so well. Take Sheryl, for example - she's still looking for a job.
the following example/way etc
▪ An illustration of the problems and possible solutions is provided by the following example.
▪ But there are alternative ways to teach and learn, as witnessed by the following examples of classrooms of commitment and conviction.
▪ In each of the following ways tracking hinders rather than helps chil-dren learn: 1.
▪ In general terms, the distinction between education and training can be formulated in the following way.
▪ Look at the following examples and compare your answers with them.
▪ Section 6 has been interpreted in the following ways.
▪ This can be seen in the following examples.
▪ This is known as the package index and is obtained in the following way for each package: 1.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ As the eldest in the family, she was expected to be an example to her younger brothers and sisters.
▪ Attitude problems? Can you give me an example?
▪ Hitler, Mussolini, Franco: all prime examples of men hungry for power.
▪ Max is a classic example of a man who can't control his ambition.
▪ Some activities are too expensive for poorer children to take part in. Horseriding is a good example.
▪ The church is an interesting example of the Gothic style.
▪ The school is a shining example of what parent-teacher co-operation can achieve.
▪ There are many ways in which technology has changed our lives. The car is an obvious example.
▪ This painting is a typical example of Picasso's work in his Blue Period.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Already the new roundabout on Glasgow Road is a striking example of the high standards being sought.
▪ That's an extreme example of the volatility, but it shows how brutal the market has been, analysts said.
▪ The feeling of inadequacy, but of having to cope, is an example of a tension.
▪ The temperature gradient just above the core would become much steeper, for example, causing a much hotter boundary layer.
▪ This example illustrates again the important difference between semantic constraints and these sorts of pragmatic constraints.
▪ Typical examples of instructions and warnings can be found on household paints.
▪ Unfortunately, the Treatises tended to bore their readers through the sheer number of examples cited.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Example

Example \Ex*am"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exampled; p. pr. & vb. n. Exampling.] To set an example for; to give a precedent for; to exemplify; to give an instance of; to instance. [Obs.] ``I may example my digression by some mighty precedent.''
--Shak.

Burke devoted himself to this duty with a fervid assiduity that has not often been exampled, and has never been surpassed.
--J. Morley.

Example

Example \Ex*am"ple\, n. [A later form for ensample, fr. L. exemplum, orig., what is taken out of a larger quantity, as a sample, from eximere to take out. See Exempt, and cf. Ensample, Sample.]

  1. One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.

  2. That which is to be followed or imitated as a model; a pattern or copy.

    For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
    --John xiii. 15.

    I gave, thou sayest, the example; I led the way.
    --Milton.

  3. That which resembles or corresponds with something else; a precedent; a model.

    Such temperate order in so fierce a cause Doth want example.
    --Shak.

  4. That which is to be avoided; one selected for punishment and to serve as a warning; a warning.

    Hang him; he'll be made an example.
    --Shak.

    Now these things were our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
    --1 Cor. x. 6.

  5. An instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept, especially a problem to be solved, or a case to be determined, as an exercise in the application of the rules of any study or branch of science; as, in trigonometry and grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples.

    Syn: Precedent; case; instance.

    Usage: Example, Instance. The discrimination to be made between these two words relates to cases in which we give ``instances'' or ``examples'' of things done. An instance denotes the single case then ``standing'' before us; if there be others like it, the word does not express this fact. On the contrary, an example is one of an entire class of like things, and should be a true representative or sample of that class. Hence, an example proves a rule or regular course of things; an instance simply points out what may be true only in the case presented. A man's life may be filled up with examples of the self-command and kindness which marked his character, and may present only a solitary instance of haste or severity. Hence, the word ``example'' should never be used to describe what stands singly and alone. We do, however, sometimes apply the word instance to what is really an example, because we are not thinking of the latter under this aspect, but solely as a case which ``stands before us.'' See Precedent.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
example

late 14c., "an instance typical of a class; a model, either good or bad, action or conduct as an object of imitation; an example to be avoided; punishment as a warning," partial re-Latinization of earlier essample, asaumple (mid-13c.), from Old French essemple "sample, model, example, precedent, cautionary tale," from Latin exemplum "a sample, specimen; image, portrait; pattern, model, precedent; a warning example, one that serves as a warning," literally "that which is taken out," from eximere "take out, remove" (see exempt (adj.)).

Wiktionary
example

n. Something that is representative of all such things in a group. vb. To be illustrated or exemplified (by).

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WordNet
example

  1. n. an item of information that is representative of a type; "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10" [syn: illustration, instance, representative]

  2. a representative form or pattern; "I profited from his example" [syn: model]

  3. something to be imitated; "an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general" [syn: exemplar, model, good example]

  4. punishment intended as a warning to others; "they decided to make an example of him" [syn: deterrent example, lesson, object lesson]

  5. an occurrence of something; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths" [syn: case, instance]

  6. a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding; "you must work the examples at the end of each chapter in the textbook" [syn: exercise]

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Wikipedia
Example

Example may refer to:

  • exempli gratia (e.g.), usually read out in English as "for example"
  • .example, reserved as a domain name that may not be installed as a top-level domain of the Internet
    • example.com, example.net, example.org, example.edu, second-level domain names reserved for use in documentation as examples
  • HMS Example (P165), an Archer-class patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy
Example (album)

Example is the second studio album released by For Squirrels and produced by Nick Launay. It was For Squirrels's only major label release, as lead singer John Vigliatura and bassist Bill White died when the band's tour bus blew a tire and crashed less than a month before the album's release.

Despite the death of half the band, the two surviving members chose to release the album as scheduled on October 3. The band also released "Mighty K.C." as the lead and eventually only single from the album. The song would peak at #15 on the Billboard Modern Rock Track chart.

The album did not gain mainstream popularity, reaching only 171 on the Billboard 200, but thanks to the lead single, had considerable airtime on college radio.

Travis Tooke and Jack Griego would form a new band, Subrosa, and released one album, Never Bet the Devil Your Head.

Example (musician)

Elliot John Gleave (born 20 June 1982), better known by his stage name Example, is an English singer, songwriter, rapper and record producer signed to Epic Records and Sony Music. He has also acted in numerous movies. His name arose due to his initials being E.G., which is an abbreviation of the Latin phrase exempli gratia ("for example").

Example first found success with the release of his second studio album, Won't Go Quietly, which peaked at number 4 on the UK Albums Chart and peaked at number 1 on the UK Dance Chart. and followed his debut album "What We Made" which was heavily hip-hop influenced due to Gleave only knowing a hip-hop record producer at the time. The album had two top 10 singles, " Won't Go Quietly" and " Kickstarts". His third album Playing in the Shadows was released on 4 September 2011. The album topped the charts with two number 1 singles, " Changed the Way You Kiss Me" (produced by Michael Woods) and " Stay Awake" (produced by electronic duo Nero). His fourth album, The Evolution of Man was released on 19 November 2012 and peaked at number 13 on the UK Albums Chart and also peaked at number 1 on the UK Dance Chart.

Since The Evolution of Man, Gleave has released the lead single from his next album, entitled " All the Wrong Places", which was produced by Alfie Bamford and co-produced by Gleave and Steve Hill. It was the first song to be released through Epic Records and did so on 8 September 2013 peaking at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart. Then, " Kids Again", was released on 16 March 2014 and hit number 13 in the UK Single's charts. The fifth album, Live Life Living, was released on 7 July 2014.

Speaking in an interview for Australian television in 2013 Gleave referenced that he "might do music for another 5 years and then [he] would like to move into film directing" (preferably horror/thrillers).

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Usage examples of "example".

Finally, he points out the practical bearing of the subject--for example, the probability of calculus causing sudden suppression of urine in such cases--and also the danger of surgical interference, and suggests the possibility of diagnosing the condition by ascertaining the absence of the opening of one ureter in the bladder by means of the cystoscope, and also the likelihood of its occurring where any abnormality of the genital organs is found, especially if this be unilateral.

For example, a loop with an appendage abutting upon its recurve between the shoulders and at right angles, as in illustration 56, will appear sometimes as in illustration 57 with the recurve totally destroyed.

In the example of the terrorist bomb, we learned that gravitational forces are indistinguishable from accelerated motion.

When I saw Nanette in my arms, beaming with love, and Marton near the bed, holding a candle, with her eyes reproaching us with ingratitude because we did not speak to her, who, by accepting my first caresses, had encouraged her sister to follow her example, I realized all my happiness.

To convert, for example, a solution of a substance in hydrochloric acid into a solution of the same in acetic acid, alkali should be added in excess and then acetic acid.

For example, Wang Huan-ce travelled to India several times and made a copy of the Buddha image at Bodhgaya, the location where he achieved supreme enlightenment, which was then brought back to the Imperial Palace and served as the prototype for the Kongai-see temple.

For example, an anion gap on the electrolyte panel combined with metabolic acidosis on arterial blood gases would prompt an inquiry into ASA, methanol, or ethylene glycol as potential etiologic agents.

Romulus, more than a thousand years before, had ascended the Capitoline Mount on foot, bearing in his arms the spoil of Acron, and his example had been followed by a long line of Roman heroes.

His lordship adduced examples from history, to show that the principle of change had been often acknowledged, and the suffrage withdrawn and conferred on various occasions.

Notwithstanding these precautions, and his own example, the succession of consuls finally ceased in the thirteenth year of Justinian, whose despotic temper might be gratified by the silent extinction of a title which admonished the Romans of their ancient freedom.

And probably the empress herself might have seen less reason for her admonitions on the subject, had it not been for the circumstance, which was no doubt unfortunate, that the royal family at this time contained no member of a graver age and a settled respectability of character who might, by his example, have tempered the exuberance natural to the extreme youth of the sovereigns and their brothers.

For example, it is from the love into which he is born that he desires to commit adultery, to defraud, to blaspheme, to take revenge.

For example, if your advertisement is for a boat polish, your quoted source should have a substantial background in boating.

Pitching your tent An example of continuity between the headline and the body copy is an advertisement for a line of tents sold by the Boy Scouts of America.

After listening, however, to the affectionate remonstrances of the faculty and board of trustees, who well knew the value of his wisdom in the supervision of the college and the power of his mere presence and example upon the students, he resumed his labours with the resolution to remain at his post and carry forward the great work he had so auspiciously begun.