Herr Justizrat Marx in Trier, was five years at the gymnasium 


in Trier, and two years in the first class. 
I. Moral behaviour towards superiors and fellow pupils was 


good. 


II. Aptitudes and diligence. He has good aptitudes, and in an- 


III. 


cient languages, German, and history showed a very satisfactory 
diligence, in mathematics satisfactory, and in French only slight 
diligence. 

Knowledge and accomplishments 

1. Languages: 

a) In German, his grammatical knowledge and composition 
are very good. 

b) In Latin, even without preparation he translates and 
explains with facility and circumspection the easier passages of 
the classics read in the gymnasium; and after due preparation or 
with some assistance frequently also the more difficult passages, 
especially those where the difficulty consists not so much in the 
peculiarity of the language as in the subject-matter and train of 
thought. His composition shows, in regard to material, a wealth 
of thought and deep insight into the subject-matter, but is often 
overladen with irrelevancies; in regard to language, he gives 
evidence of much practice and striving for genuine latinity, 
although he is not yet free from grammatical errors. In speaking 
Latin, he has acquired a fairly satisfactory fluency. 

c) In Greek, his knowledge and abilities, in regard to 
understanding the classics read in the gymnasium, are almost the 
same as in Latin. 


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d) In French, his knowledge of grammar is fairly good; with 
some assistance he reads also more difficult passages and has some 
facility in oral expression. 

e) In Hebrew,? 

2. Sciences: 

a) Religious knowledge. His knowledge of the Christian 
faith and morals is fairly clear and well grounded; he knows also 
to some extent the history of the Christian Church. 

b) Mathematics. He has a good knowledge of mathematics. 

c) In History and Geography he is in general fairly 
proficient. 

d) Physics [and nature study]. In physics his knowledge 1s 
moderate. 

3. Accomplishments. 


The undersigned examining commission has accordingly, 
since he is now leaving this gymnasium in order to study 
jurisprudence, awarded him the certificate of maturity and 
discharges him, cherishing the hope that he will fulfil the 
favourable expectations which his aptitudes justify. 


Trier, September 24, 1835. 


Royal Examining Commission 
Briggemann, Royal Commissioner 
Wyttenbach, Director 


Loers 
Hamacher 
Schwendler Kiipper 
Steininger 
Schneemann