Obey with velocity,' says I, 'for otherwise alternatives are impending.
Said he: "The only alternatives to our method that I can conceive of are these.
There had been three alternatives, London, Bath, or another house in the country.
ION: There is a great difference, Socrates, between the two alternatives; and inspiration is by far the nobler.
I am very much indebted to you, Dr. Mortimer, for introducing me to a problem which presents several interesting alternatives.
The men of Illinois have just two alternatives between which to choose: drastic and immediate preservation, or a gameless state.
Every soldier, every worker, every real Socialist, every honest democrat realises that there are only two alternatives to the present situation.
At first, she was frantic and melancholy by quick alternatives; then, she sunk into a deep and settled melancholy, which still, however, has, at times, been interrupted by fits of wildness, and, of late, these have again been frequent.'
Persons whose interests have been enlarged and intelligence trained by dealing with things and facts in active occupations having a purpose (whether in play or work) will be those most likely to escape the alternatives of an academic and aloof knowledge and a hard, narrow, and merely "practical" practice.