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PHILOSOPHERS AT HARVARD, 1902, by                    
First Line: Forever bandying theses, james and royce!
Last Line: What if with santayana we go seeking?
Subject(s): Harvard University; Philosophy & Philosophers


Forever bandying theses, James and Royce!
"Oh, d---- the absolute!" cries William, hot
With baffled lunges for an unflexed spot
On that impregnable defence. "Rejoice,"
Pipes old Josiah's impatient, querulous voice.
"Empiricist of this bewildering blot
Which is our finite life, that you are not
Required of blotters to accept my choice!"

So metamedicos war. And young minds reel --
Or yawn. Troop they from one class to the next,
The second mentor taking as his text
The fallacies of the first! Which shall set seal?
But softly: here's another lecturer speaking --
What if with Santayana we go seeking?





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