Word: complexity
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...drawn to city life, he said, by the power found there to build up a world for oneself out of nature. All living things build themselves up out of their surroundings, but man's world is much greater and more complex than that of any animal. This new world is the product of man's reason. But can man himself be shown to be a natural product? There are arguments which point that way, but we cannot prove that human action is always in accordance with natural laws, and the results of man's action are sometimes so evil that...
...December number of the Harvard Monthly opens with "A Word about Lamb's brose Style," by Mr. W. B. S. Clyner. Mr. Clymer calls Lamb's style not simple as it is often said to be, but "manifoldly complex, like a violet...
...present system of telegraphs is inadequate for the purposes, because (a) they are practically controlled by a monopoly; (b) tariffs exorbitant, unequal and complex; (c) discrimination in service; (d) vast and irresponsible influence over the press; (e) power over commerce and legislation; (f) free-message system a tax on the public; (g) possible abuse of wires for private ends. See general references...
...laboratory of Physical Geography has lately received a set of geographic models designed by Professor Albert Heim of Zurich, Switzerland. They represent an Alpine glacier, a mountain torrent, a bold coast line with branches and dunes, and a volcanic island of complex structure. Each model is about a foot and a half by two feet in size. All are delicately colored in remarkably natural tints giving an admirable combination of artistic and photographic effects. The model of the glacier represents a mountainous district with much variety and detail of structure and form, including two lofty gathering basins, where the snow...