Word: characterized
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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As to the employment of professional trainers, it is hard to see what problem other than the selection of a man of proper character and of suitable capacity is presented. There is an economy in the employment of instruction,-at least, this position is admitted when applied to mental training...
The care and development of the body are of an importance less only than the care and development of the mind. One might go farther, and say without much fear of contradiction that a sound body is indispensable to a sound mind. But, regardless of the exact value that may...
As complaints are always made that every thing taught at Harvard is the oratorical rather than practical, a new course projected by the chemistry department will be received with pleasure by the advocates of practical education. The course is to be one in technical or economic chemistry, and is to...
In the death of Ezra Abbott, Harvard loses another of those men who have done most to add to her reputation. The name of Dr. Abbott is probably better known to the outside world than was his figure to the greater number of the undergraduates; yet every student feels a...
You will receive from me tomorrow the blanks on which the class lives are to be written. There exists so much uncertainty as regards the value of these lives and the use that is made of them, that a few words of explanation may not be unacceptable. It is the...