No, today's title today isn't a fashionable allusion to John Ruskin, though you might think so. It's my reference, rather — a day in advance of its glad approach — to the end of my quarter.
"What do you mean?" Well, at term's end, I count down the days remaining in my classes always like this from fancy to plain:
Antepenultimate Day: Not the last day of class, but the third day from it.
Penultimate Day: The second day, naturally, from the last day of class.
Ultimate Day: The very last day of class.
Final Day: The day that any class takes its final.
Last Day: The day my own grades must go in.
I'm glad today to say I'm nearing "This Last."
Of course, if you missed Unto This Last, luckily I do happen to have a makeup quiz.
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