I want to be honest with you, and understate my feelings on that subject.
To say that they are well is to understate the fact: the ruddy faces and clear eyes and hard muscles--even of those who once were pale London clerks--proclaim a triumph for the system of hygiene of their army.
But whilst he certainly did not understate the income, there is reason for thinking he greatly exaggerated it.
On the contrary, there were considerations that would dispose him to understate his income to those correspondents.
To say that from end to end of our journey they equalled those of New York Central Park would be to understate the fact.
More dependable school records than those employed are not likely to be found, yet they tend to understate the facts of failure.
However, there is some tendency for even the best school records to understate the full situation regarding failure, while there is no corresponding tendency to overstate or to record failures not made.
