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`` As an example of the uselessness of studying at the eleventh hour when you have n't done anything through the term , I will tell you my experience with freshman Greek . I was badly prepared when I came , I did n't study through the term , and , without exaggeration , I did n't know anything . Three days before examinations I suddenly comprehended the situation , and I began swallowing that grammar in chunks . I drank black coffee to keep awake , and worked till two in the morning , and scarcely stopped cramming irregular verbs for meals . I simply thought in Greek and dreamed in Greek . And , if you will believe it , after all that work I flunked in Greek ! It shook my faith in studying for examinations .