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...communication which we publish to-day, on the Boylston prize speaking, has on a priori grounds a certain amount of truth and value in it, but we must believe that what our correspondent feels as a great injustice in the preliminary speaking, is greatly exaggerated by him. There is very little chance that any man who is really worthy to compete for the prizes will be debarred because he has not had private instruction from one of the judges. Surely...
...theory that thus limits, a priori, the scope of Modern Languages is strongly opposed by the writer we are quoting. He claims, that if the same scientific methods that are now used in teaching the classics, were employed with Modern Languages, the mental discipline afforded by the latter study would be as good as that of the former, or better. He cites the experience of the Germans to support his assertion. "German educators," he says, "have given Modern Languages an important place in their schools and gymnasia, and for the last two decades have been, thereby, rewarded with the most...
...means small. The discussion of these two ideas of the American university, carried on by the writer we have quoted, we cannot undertake to follow. The arguments for and against the elective system have been often enough bruited to the apparent satisfaction of both sides. All arguments a priori against the system are of little value. The system has worked well in practice at Harvard at least. This there is little room for disputing. What better reason is required for its continuance...
That is a large body of evidence, and it is supported by almost all a priori reasoning. Why should a certain width of mind, which is what the universities really give, be injurious to efficiency? Graduates are as healthy as the most ignorant, and rather more given to activity. They are just as brave and just as industrious, and ought to be much better protected - though we admit this to be doubtful as matter of fact - against that weariness with the monotony of toiling life which is one of the most frequent causes of failure. The loss of time...
...made, and the Formal Cause is the paper-mill. So far we have kept in the region of pure optimism. "And now here comes" the trouble. The Efficient Cause is the one who makes out the examination-paper, and the Final Cause is the intention in his mind, a priori, to condition the examined, while the condition itself is the Lost Cause, but does not take effect until it receives the stamp of the Regulative Faculty...