Word: priory
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...mostly grope after in vain. Spenser, in the enthusiasm of his new Platonism, tells us that "Soul is form,and doth the body make," and no doubt this is true of the highest artistic genius. Form without soul, the most obsequious observance of the unities, the most perfect a priori adjustment of parts, is a lifeless
...suited to the needs of an American university, which aims to throw open the doors of education to all alike. It is gratifying to find that this system does not carry in its train the evil result which many would, with considerable reason, predict for it on an a priori consideration of the matter...
...going into business, certainly in the last year as many as 25 per cent." In the great increase in the number of students the proportion going into the learned professions has declined. "The superficial examinations which I have been able to make," said he, "go to confirm what, a priori, we should expect; that the-question of the length of the college course must be determined somewhat by considering the class whose culture will not be so well taken care of in their future pursuits as that of the lawyer and clergyman. If business is to absorb the energies...