Word: cons
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Allegro con brio, Menuetto (allegretto...
...state. Whatever conclusions he reached were only working hypotheses to be altered by the next discovery. He had also an infinite patience with even the errors of those who wished to learn, and great acumen in discovering the exact misconception that caused the error. His style of exposition was con cise and clear, with a certain quaintness proceeding from a delicate sense of humor so subtle as hardly to be recognized except by his intimate friends. He added to these qualities a remarkable saneness of judgement. No theory, however plausible, could run away with him, and his advice, which...
...Allegro con spirito...
...Allegro con fuoco...
...public speaking and discussion; to provide a manual for literary and debating societies, and to give the ordinary worker, not a specialist in the subjects treated, suggestion and assistance. In these three classes the book will be of great value, as it states concisely the principal arguments, pro and con, on a large number of the important topics of the day; that it presents working bibliographies on these topics; and that it gives examples of logical statement, and suggests a systematic method for the treatment of other topics...