Word: argumentative
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...following are the required readings on Swift in English A: "The Battle of the Books," "The tale of the Tub" (omitting preface and conclusion) and the "Argument against abolishing Christianity...
...study entirely new to him. A man trying for honors, or a scholarship, also, is greatly handicapped by not knowing how an instructor regards his work. He may have failed to understand what was expected of him and could satisfy the instructor only after learning his error. The only argument that we have heard against giving out the marks is that if a lazy man gets a better mark at the mid-years than he expects he may fall off in his work for the rest of the year. Any such indirect benefit to lazy men is far less than...
...Suffrage Pro and Con," "A Forgotten Episode," and "Lottering Through the Paris Exposition." These four evidently are the politics, science and art to which with literature, the Atlantic announces its devotion. The woman's suffrage paper is slightly "pro" and very much "con," but produces nothing new in argument, or any old truth in a new light. The electricity paper is really not alarming, as the chief danger seems to be from human carelessness and not electrical viciousness. The Paris exhibition paper is clever and brilliant, but somewhat too picturesque, as when we are pictured a woman of "pony build...
There are two courses open to an honorable lawyer when he doubts the justice of his clients case, first, to bring about a compromise, if possible, (and it is in this way in which many cases end); secondly, to present a fair argument and let the case stand wholly on its merits. Then, too, that lawyer is the most honorable and will in the end succeed best, who treats all witnesses fairly and courteously. Too many lawyers think it advisable to bulldoze all men with whom they come in contact, but the best cross-examiner is he who treats...
...many of the men that I have spoken to about athletics have expressed themselves as rather opposed to a dual league that I suspect the presence of a large class who believe in no league at all. I am so impressed by their arguments (which I think have not appeared in print) that I venture to ask a few lines of your space to recapitulate them in. Without any agreement or any red tape we have a league de facto. Whatever contests we undertake now will be simply matters of sport. The colleges will be (or ought to be) gentlemenly...