Word: accounting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...philosophy of evolution concerns a question of progress. What we wish is that Darwinism shall account not merely of the survival of the fittest, but also for the arrival of the fittest, and that it has not given us yet. Asa Gray said years ago that the survival of the fittest did not explain that inscrutable something which causes the fittest to appear. We are all here to demand loyalty to the self-evident truths on which science rests. The unsearchable wisdom of God in the source of all forms. It is safest for you to look to Germany...
...support. The outcry raised against the Glenn bill was so great that a modification was introduced which withheld all State appropriations, and by so doing a direct income of $8000 per year was taken from the university. The policy of the institution has not been abandoned on this account, and the subscriptions of private individuals has enabled the work to be carried on. The university is designed for the education of all, regardless of race or color. It comprehends primary, grammar and college courses, while useful training in mechanics can be obtained. The excellence of the institution and its advantages...
...peculiar social and physical conditions in the Southern States must be taken into account in considering the illiteracy there and the best remedy for it. (b) Legislation in regard to education, to be effective, must be local, not national; and it must be supported by public opinion...
...consequently this lecture attracted much attention. He took as his subject "Doctor Johnson and Some Old Clubmen of His Time," and followed the history of the Literary Club from the time of its foundation by the famous author and wit down to the present time. Mr. Mitchell's account of the doctor and his friends, Burke, Gibbons, Joshua Reynolds and Boswell, was exhaustive and critical, while his delightful style rendered it a source of enjoyment to the whole audience. It is hoped that he may be induced to lecture here more frequently on subjects connected with the study of English...
...will begin on Monday, February 13. The results of the examinations before the Christmas recess may be obtained at that time. The conference meetings of N. II. XVI. will be resumed on Tuesday, 14th inst., at 7.45 p. m., in room 2. Museum. Professor Shaler will give an account of the more important results obtained in his recent-expedition to Southern Florida...