Excerpt from A Guide to Studying for Classical Entrance Scholarships: Adapted More Especially to Those Offered at Oxford The idea which blunders out at the wrong time may upset a train of thought and spoil a whole essay. It is like dirt matter in the wrong place.' It 15 important, therefore, before you begin writing your essay, to draw out a general plan, and' to marshal all your ideas in their proper places. Half an hour, or even a longer time, so spent is. Well invested. Be very careful not to derange your plan when once you have begun writing; and do not allow a favourite idea to obtrude its presence before it is wanted. If you write an introduction let it be brief, and let it be a real introduction to your treatment of the given subject, not a bird's -eye view of things in general. Play to the score; that is, draw out such a scheme as can be accomplished in the allotted time. If you find out after the end of the second hour that your designs have been too big, spend five minutes in seeing whether they cannot be contracted by omitting what is not essential. If that is impossible, complete as much of your original design as you can in the time. In no case hurry your work so-much that pen and brain cannot keep step. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.