How to Take Notes

To all those Freshman note takers out there....here's an example of good note taking :-)....

When Professor Mitchell Says:	You Write:
Probably the greatest quality of the poetry of John Milton, who was born in 1608, is the combination of beauty and power. Few have excelled him in the use of the English language, or for that matter, in lucidity of verse form, 'Paradise Lost' being said to be the greatest single poem ever written.	John Milton--born 1608
When Lafayette first came to this country, he discovered America. The Americans needed his help if their cause was to survive, and this he promptly supplied them.	Lafayette discovered America
Current historians have come to doubt the complete advantageousness of some of Roosevelt's policies.	Most of the problems that now face the United States are directly traceable to the bungling and greed of President Roosevelt.
...it is possible that we do not understand the Russian viewpoint...	Professor Mitchell is a communist
The puissance of hydrochloric acid is incontestable; however, the corrosive residue is inharmonious with metallic persistance.	Hydrochloric acid eats the hell out of steel

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