Word: contrasted
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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There has long been known a catalogue of Aristotle's works none of whose titles correspond with those of his extant works, and this treatise is unquestionably referred to among that class. This fact, together with the clear style of the present work in contrast to Aristotle's usual technical style supports the theory which has often been advanced that the catalogue referred to is one of Aristotle's popular works...
...pleasing contrast with the spirit which gives us "Feb. 22, Sunday, Washington's Birthday; a holiday," is the announcement that the Law and Divinity Schools will have one whole day for a holiday in addition to the Sunday which the rest of us are to enjoy. It is a great comfort to know that there are in the University some departments which know what a holiday is and how it should be observed. We congratulate the students in the Law and Divinity Schools on their good fortune...
Schopenhauer's style is in contrast with his temperament. He was morbidly pessimistic and vain, but his style is lucid and clear. His great work is the "World as Will and Idea." He asks what one's true nature is and comes to the conclusion that the whole inner life is in the will, i. e., the active nature as such. This is deeper than intellect and at the basis of all seeing and knowing...
Professor Royce began by saying that this period was one of marked contrast with the time of Spinoza. The seventeenth century trusted to reason but later the world was driven to the study of human nature rather than physical. The lecturer went on to show how valuable is doubt. The skeptic is indispensable. The four great ages of doubt have done the world more good than six centuries of faith...
...extend to the freshmen our sincere congratulations upon the well-learned victory of Saturday. Not since four years ago has a freshman nine succeeded in defeating Yale in both games, and the work of Ninety-three, therefore, shows up all the more brilliantly by contrast. In regard to the contest itself, the men could not have done better. They played with any amount of snap and had the game well in hand from the start. The fact that the game was played on strange grounds apparently had no effect whatever, except for the good...