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...student who has followed the ordinary curriculum of high or preparatory schools, can possibly have more than an elementary knowledge of any subject at the end of his Freshman year. Before this time he is required to select his field for concentration. A priori, we may assume that he knows nothing of economics, for no student in his first year may take Economics A without special permission from the instructor. Obviously no one can wisely say whether he cares to make an advanced study of any subject when he has mastered little more than its rudiments. This fact is recognized...
Until recent times, Mr. Bryce said, the a priori method of studying political science has been used by the world's most eminent thinkers. This method starts with preconceived ideas as a basis for investigating political phenomena. Machiavelli was the first to approach the subject in the modern way--first, to observe facts exactly; second, to experiment in conjunction with observation, and classify, critically and by analysis; and third, to draw an inference, a generalization. This is the method we should apply...
...problem for the statistician is a difficult one. He must use no a priori methods but must analyze accurately a great mass of facts and give the public results that can be depended upon...
...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...