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...inquiries and was hailed even by Frenchmen, who dedicated their great Encyclopedia to him just as Englishmen founded the Royal Society (1660) in his name when he was long dead. His suggestions were carried out broadly by his secretary, Hobbes; in inductive psychology by Locke; in utilitarian economics by Bentham. Baruch Spinoza (1632-77). No sooner had Bacon fathered a school of objective scientists in England than Descartes of France, a mathematician, started a subjective school whose first point was: "I think, therefore I am." This metaphysical statement caused much activity later on in Germany. It did not trap Spinoza...
...London as the world's money centre, were surprised when a U. S. Treasury official recently stated that this situation would soon come about. In an article published in the London Times, I stated that it could not be done, must not be done. Said I, paraphrasing Jeremy Bentham, famed philosopher, 'From the mere point of view of America's self-interest, the prosperity of England is an asset to America.... I have called the assertions of unnamed high Treasury officials mischievous...
...Bentham ocC., from Company B to Company...
...Appleton '17, A. E. Bentham ocC., F. W. Busk '16, P. Butler, Jr. 2L., C. A. Clark '19, E. G. Day '19, S. W. Dean '19, J. O. Herrick '19, C. W. Holmes '16, R. H. Kenyon '18, S. Kirshen '19, P. D. Koontz uL., R. K. Leavitt '17, G. H. Lee '16, D. Leighton '19, J. A. Lewis 1L., R. D. Longyear '18, J. M. Looney '17, D. Loring, Jr. '16, D. G. Lovell '17, F. B. McConaughty '19, L. Macfarland '19, K. L. Maclachlan '18, W. W. McLeod '19, J. C. McMullin '17, H. F. Mann...
...George Smith B 31. Beatty, K. A., Holyoke House 45. Beisinger, N., 6 Ashton Pl. Benedict, E. B., Gore A 22. Benjamin, A. C., 13 Chamblet St., Dorchester. Benjamin, E. B., James Smith A 11. Benner, E. A., College House 31. Bennett, E. C., 68 Avon St., Somerville. Bentham, A. E., 46 Mt. Auburn St. Benton, P., George Smith B 11. Berman, H. B., Persis Smith A 31. Berns, J. I., 267 Normandy St., Roxbury. Berry, J. K., Jr., Persis Smith B 41. Bigelow, E. A., Persis Smith B 52. Bishop, J. T., Gore C 23. Blacker, C. H., Standish...