Word: comparison
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...spirit of debate. He said he did not rise to bespeak a hearing for any wild or fanciful utopian scheme, but for a gradual and practical adoption of a nationalistic form of government. He dwelt particularly on the injustice of the present form of government, and introduced a bitter comparison between the millionaire and the workingman of today...
...playing of most of the men is improving steadily, and there is promise for a strong infield. The team work showed up very favorably, in comparison with the play of the Tech. nine. Gillmore pitched throughout the game, and played a good game. Whiting was tried on first, but was not very successful. The batting was poor. Following is the score...
...University of Michigan nine will take a western trip also, so a comparison can be made of the strength of the eastern and western college nines...
...flower is best studied by means of schedules - graphic representations of the arrangement and plan of the parts, from which the species can readily be found in any botany. The use of these schedules trains in the pupil the faculties of observation and comparison. At the request of some of the audience some views of the California trees were shown after the lecture...
...dependence upon personality that turned Newman's eyes upon himself that made his religion subjective and his thought self-conscious. Indeed it has been made a charge against him that he had too little affection for truth in the abstract. His grasp of external fact was always feeble in comparison to his perception of his own inner life. His religion always looked for its ultimate sanction to his own consciousness. This extreme subjectivity manifests itself further in a disposition to doubt the reality of the outward aspects of nature. His childish idealism took form in a belief that 'life might...