Word: metaphysicians
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...University Hall, appeared in 1835. The editors in their opening address offer a very remarkable array of talent: "The frank and high-spirited son of the South, the cool and indefatigable Northerner, the poet with tremulous nerves and flashing eye, the reserved and imperturbable mathematician, the meditative and subtile metaphysician, are all for a time united and will probably impress their distinguishing peculiarities upon the work." The noticeable characteristic of this periodical was its fertility in stories, and poetry of more than ordinary merit. Among its editors who have since attained eminence were Nathan Hale, Jr., Rufus King, and James...