Word: comparison
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...institutions, a class spread, or a picnic, or a jubilee may be well enough in their way, but Yale freshmen are sure that for downright fun a good, democratic riot, with bonfires to dance around, and bottles to throw, and instructors to throw at--why there's no comparison...
...habit of close attention? Linguistic discipline, like all discipline, is irksome; but like all discipline it is wholesome; and it is unique among disciplines in that it sharpens the instrument of them all, our ordinary means of communication. The trained mind distinguishes; the readiest way of distinguishing is through comparison; and comparison with German, a kindred speech, may powerfully contribute to the mastery of our mother tongue...
...itinerary this summer will lead up the Connecticut Valley to the White Mountains, then across to Portland and down the coast, including the North Shore, South Shore, Cape Cod and Long Island. This is a very ambitious circuit in comparison with that of the first year which confined itself to southern New England...
...subjects, to biology, to medicine, to art, religion, industry, education; and psychology easily becomes philosophical; dealing as it does with minds, it leads to the question of the mind's place in nature and the universe. Some of the topics within the field of psychology are: comparative psychology, a comparison of the various types of animal mind and the human mind; abnormal psychology, covering such phenomena as hypnosis, double personality, hysteria, insanity; social psychology, the study of human nature as it appears in social relations; the psychology of artistic appreciation; the psychology of religion; physiological psychology, the examination...
...first place, Evolution is not foolish. Anyone who tries to laugh aside as a joke this great monument of intellectual advancement becomes himself ridiculous. It is food for the loftiest thought. Here, as everywhere else, the revelations of science have proved, beyond comparison, more uplifting and inspiring than any product of the human imagination, such as the myth about Adam...