Word: authorities
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...that of the "Autocrat" or "Professor" in Holmes' charming "Breakfast Table" series. Easy discussions are carried on between the professor and the members of the class and among the members themselves, the professor simply retaining the right of exercising the functions of leader and critic. In studying an author or a period, the professor assigns to each student some special feature of the subject, upon which he is required to prepare a short essay. A number of these essays are read the next day in the class, and then the professor calls on any member to criticise the writer...
This remarkable book is published anonymously, and is supposed to relate the experience of an individual who lives entirely in a land of two dimensions, i. e. to every individual there is only length and breadth, no height. The form of the author is supposed to be that of a square. In the course of his experiences, he meets with a land of one dimension,- viz.- line land,- and later on he is introduced to a land of three dimensions, spaceland; though at first he could not be convinced, when told by a sphere, that space possessed more dimensions than...
...large illustrated history of New Haven to be published, will contain a history of Yale college, by W. L. Kingsley, author of the "Yale Book...
...called upon a Southern student one morning in the recitation room to define logic. The question was in this form. 'Mr.-, what is logic?' Ans. 'Logic, sir, is the art of reasoning.' 'Ay; but I wish you to give the definition in the exact words of the learned author.' 'O, sir, he gives a long, intricate, confused definition, with which I did not think proper to burden my memory.' 'Are you aware who the learned author is?' 'Oh, yes! Your honor...
...whose promotions unfortunately exactly coincided with those of the Mrs. Obrien referred to in the article under question. We are very much surprised that the article should have been taken seriously by anyone; for it was not so intended, no particular goodie being in the mind of the author, only goodies in general...