So it may be fairly stated that Miss Stacy's old pupils held their own in the wider arena of the academical course.

因，公平地说，斯泰西小姐的老学生在更广泛的学术课程领保持着自己的地位。

Strange that his first aspiration-towards academical proficiency-had been checked by a woman, and that his second aspiration-towards apostleship-had also been checked by a woman.

奇怪的是，他的第一个——学术能力的追求——被一个女人检验过，而他的第二个——使徒身份的追求——也被一个女人检验过。