Word: aptness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...defend or a criminal to attack, and he is perfectly right in saying that he is never illogical, if by that he means that his individual syllogisms are never false in form. Moreover, a man who sets out to discover a theory that shall reconcile all phenomena is very apt unconsciously to construct one and to make the facts conform to it whether they will...
II.Originality and Tradition in Literature.Plutarchian parallels are apt to be a little forced by the overpowering necessity of finding analogues and coincidences betwen two sets of facts in which though there may be a general outward similarity in the events, there is no inward likeness in the causes by which the events were brought about, and the circumstances which modified them. In biography it is this action and reaction of the man upon the element in which he works, and of that element upon him, which tests and gauges the quality and amount of his character, the only thing...
...left in the freshman baseball squad. At present, the team is in great need of a regular coach. Paine '94 takes charge of the coaching as often as he can be spared from the 'varsity, but when there is no one on the field in charge, the practice is apt to be listless and poor. The most promising men are Benson, c.; Gregory, p.; Warren, 1b.; Stevens, 2b.; Gray, Castle, ss.; Hewes, Martin, 3b.; Anderson, Horton, Nichols in the field. In addition to these there are eight men playing with the 'varsity. With constant coaching a good team ought...
...Essays is the only speculative book which Shakespeare can be proved to have read. Dante in one sense fought a losing battle, for his life-long endeavor was to keep the thread of tradition unbroken, to reform through the past and not in spite of it. We Americans are apt to undervalue tradition, and for this very reason I think a study of the motives and principles of such men as Dante of great value in deprovincializing our minds. Its guidance in politics may save the huge baggage wagon of human progress from many a sorry jolt and sometimes even...
...woman is gracious, who does more than mere duty demands, who is appreciative and lovingly enters into the life of each one whom he or she meets. We are more apt to notice this trait in the child with its subtle charm and winsome ways, "the gracious boy who doth adorn the world into which he is born." Grace is the fairest, the rarest gift of life. We are often content if we are told that we are doing our duty but what would a home be when all did their duty and nothing more, it would be decorus, severe...