Word: retort
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...best poem is the "Ballade of Decadeney," being a retort to Max Nordau, "Lest We Forget" borrows its title as well as its metre from Kipling's Recessional, but beyond this and its religious character the connection is not clear. In fact, the second half of the poem will be a puzzle to the ordinary reader...
Since Dr. Abbot's reply to Professor Royce's critique in the June number of the Journal of Ethics the literature on the controversy has grown rapidly. In the July number of the periodical a reply by Professor Royce to Dr. Abbot appeared, and in the same number a retort by Dr. Abbot, which was to have been the final word in the matter was to have appeared as well, but did not owing to a misunderstanding between the Editors and Dr. Abbot in regard to the character in which this last retort should be framed. Dr. Abbot then made...
...appears that a letter was written by Professor Royce threatening legal proceedings in case Dr. Abbot's retort should be printed as a pamphlet and offering as an editor of the "International Journal of Ethics" a publication of the article provided personalities should be avoided...