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(1895) Author: Anne Charlotte Leffler, Sofja Kovalevskaja Translator: Louise von Cossel
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dispensation, which is only granted in very
exceptional cases:—

‘Your Honour (Euer Spectabilität) will kindly
permit me to add a few words to the petition by
which I present myself for the degree of Dr.
phil. in your faculty.

‘It is not an easy step for me to come forward
from the retirement in which I have been living
hitherto. I have overcome my reluctance to
do so only from a desire to satisfy very near
relatives of mine, whose judgment is of great
importance to me, and to whom I wanted to give
an indisputable proof that my taste for the study
of mathematics was really serious, and that my
work has not been in vain. Moreover, I have
been told that as a foreigner I may take my
degree in absentia, provided I present sufficiently
important works, and favourable testimonials
from competent authorities.

‘And also—I hope your Honour will not
misunderstand my open confession—I am doubtful
whether I possess sufficient self-assertion for an
examen rigorosum; I am rather afraid that
my exceptional position before a tribunal of
unknown gentlemen would be somewhat
oppressive and confusing to me, though I am perfectly

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