1. Since the University of Virginia is the news, I want to tell a pertinent story about James Joseph Sylvester, who once taught there.
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6. Sylvester was appalled by the students. They had slaves carry their books, they wouldn't study, they took bad marks as personal insult.
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7. There were two brothers in particular who hated Sylvester for giving them bad marks. They challenged him to a duel.
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