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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Wells' ten " most important books " in their effect on history and civilization, four are distinctly within the field of science: Aristotle's History of Animals (about 354 B. C.); Copernicus' The Revolution of the Heavens (A. D. 1543); Bacon's New Atlantis (1624); Darwin's Origin of Species (1859); while Plato's Republic (about 393 B. C.) and Marco Polo's Travels (1299) might easily be tagged as sociology and geography...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Undaunted | 3/31/1923 | See Source »

...remark that "they were the creative and cohesive powers in the world second only to the Bible". Plato's "Republic" gets a place because Wells found it easy to read on the Downs of Sussex, and because he claims that it gives a sense "of liberation and enlargement". Bacon's "New Atlantis" he does not call a great book; in fact, with typical obstinacy, he calls it "not a very well-imagined nor a well-written book" and then includes it among the most important ten. "The Revolt of the Heavens" is a title of mystery to most readers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ALL'S WELLS! | 3/27/1923 | See Source »

These facts may suggest that distribution need not end when college requirements are fulfilled. The specialist must be proficient in one field, but to be a leader he must also be an amateur in many. Or, as Lord Bacon puts it, "expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars; but the general councils, and plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LIBERALISM AND LEADERSHIP | 3/22/1923 | See Source »

Score, Harvard 36, Brown 18. Goals from floor, Gordon 7, Samborski 3; Lowenthal 2, Miller 2. Rudofsky, Tuckerman 3, Bacon, Williams, Wagenknecht. Goals from fouls, Gordon 5, McLeish, Mitchell 4, Wagenknecht 2. Referee, Robinson, Time of halves, 20 minutes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: QUINTET DOWNS BROWN BY DECISIVE SCORE | 3/7/1923 | See Source »

...summary: HARVARD BROWN Lowenthal, Scully, r.f. l.g., Dugan Gordon, l.f. r.g., Tuckerman Miller, McElroy, c. c., Bacon, Mitchell, Barton Rudofsky, Black, r.g. l.f., Williams McLeish, Samborski, l.g. r.f., Wagenknecht...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: QUINTET DOWNS BROWN BY DECISIVE SCORE | 3/7/1923 | See Source »

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