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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...writings, which consist of pamphlets upon scientific subjects, particularly marine zoology, the results of his expeditions to the West Indies and to the Pacific Ocean, contributions to scientific periodicals, and reports of scientific bodies, are numerous and cover all branches of natural history. He is the joint author with his stepmother, Mrs. Elizabeth C. Agassiz, of the fifth volume of "Contributions to the Natural History of the United States," which was left un-finished by his father, "Seaside Studies in Natural History," and "Marine Animals of Massachusetts...
Religion is not coextensive with ecclesiastical institutions, nor with traditions, nor with belief in supernatural beings, nor with faith alone; it does not consist of such philosophical doctrines as the doctrine of God and immortality: religion grows out of the consciousness of a disproportion between our destiny and our powers; it aims at overcoming that disproportion by uniting our inner being with some person more perfect and more powerful. Thus religion implies faith, love of some greater being, endowed, like ourselves, with consciousness and will...
...events will consist of the University wrestling championships, College fencing championships, and an exhibition by the University gymnastic team. The wrestling is open to all members of the University and will be contested in the following five classes: 115-pounds, 135-pounds, 145-pounds, 158-pounds, and heavyweight. The fencing will be open only to those men who are eligible for the University and the Freshman teams. Cups will be awarded in each class of the wrestling and to the winner of the fencing tournament. The entries for these events should be made before 1 o'clock, Saturday...
...University gymnastic team will have a meet with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Technology Gymnasium, Garrison street, Boston, this evening at 8 o'clock. The meet will consist of work on the horizontal bar, parallel bars, side horse, flying rings, and tumbling, and also club swinging...
...Boutroux will deliver the third of his lectures in connection with Philosophy 4 in Emerson J this afternoon at 4.30. His talk will consist of a survey of the conditions of experimental science, and the questions which arise from contrasting its results under the hypothesis of "contingency" or "necessity." The lecture will be open to the public...