Word: comprehend
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...knowledge which considers such theories the legitimate outcome of the doctrine of evolution is certainly superficial." Superficial writings have certainly the merit of being easily understood, and if such were here the case, the epithet would indeed be welcome; but this profound specialist seems to have failed to comprehend the whole bearing of the argument. The "elaborate application of Mr. Spencer's doctrine" consisted in a passing reference, seven lines in length, to prove that a modern specialist needs a highly differentiated mind. The rest of the argument - maintaining that specialization was not the object of an academic course...
...hard and fast rule; but the cases of variance from it should be rare. Courses 1 and 2, which are virtually different divisions of the same course, correspond to the Latin course which was originally required of all Sophomores, and which has rarely if ever been intermitted. They comprehend some portion of Cicero's writings, at once philosophical, historical, and literary; they introduce the student to the Roman comedy and the earlier Republican style; - while the Satires of Horace are so different from the odes that they may be considered practically as by an author new to the student...
...that eminent metaphysician, Daniel Bratt; and you will first please note the fact that all other names, such as "Pratt" or "Spratt," which have been applied to him by eminent men of the present day, are totally incorrect. Bratt's philosophy is severe and often times difficult to comprehend, but here and there we find traces of a masterly conception of the greatest truths of Nature, a marked ability to conjoin the finite with the infinite, and a clear and penetrating insight into the mysteries of creation...
...they are worth. The teacher who goes to his work directly from college can hardly fail of satisfying, if not brilliant success, if he will bear two counsels - the quintessence of early experience and long observation - in mind. One is, undertake to teach nothing that you do not fully comprehend, nothing which is not as fresh in your mind as you want to have it in the minds of your pupils. The other is, exercise a rigid self-government, and you will never be unable to govern your pupils...
...that you have some knowledge of the system, it would not perhaps be foreign to our purpose to say a few words about its results. It is not enough to comprehend the mechanism and organization; one must also be able to judge of the work. Having described the tree, we must also look at its fruits...