He learned that, though well educated, she knew but little English, and had sought the dictionary, revising her own letter by selecting the shortest words to express the idea.

Hence the letter's strength and clearness.

Stick to the Saxon closely.

Macaulay will wear off in time." And this was better teaching than one sometimes gets in class.
This is no tale of the inner life of an American university.

It is but a brief summary of young Harlson's ways there.