Word: distinctively
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...were distinguished in this field. But the study of the past does not blind this author to the demand of to day. The historical development of the last three centuries, he says, may be defined as a slow but steady progress toward the formation of a distinct modern culture, separating itself gradually from the ancient civilization out of which it grew. To day this modern society has reached its maturity. To Erasmus the ancients were models of living; even Goethe considered the Greeks as unattainable ideals of beauty and greatness. For us they are the objects of research and criticism...
...breaking these customs unless it is absolutely necessary. Tall hats or any absurd uniform, an old pair of trousers, a coat turned wrong side out, and anything else out of the ordinary run of costume present a very unique appearance which has always marked the Harvard procession as distinct from the rest of the parade. When one has seen company after company of men marching by with the regulation costume of all torchlight processions, it is a source of rest and comfort to have the monotony broken by a crowd of college, men dressed in every variety of costume. This...
Professor Shaler delivered an intensely interesting lecture last evening to a full audience. So distinct, he said, are the fields of work of the theologian and the naturalist, that he had with difficulty found a topic of common interest-the Evolution of Altruism. Sympathy, the basis of altruism, seems a very natural thing, yet it is hard to explain. The lecturer asked his hearers to assume that man is descended from the lower animals in his body, and in some at least of his mental faculties. He then traced the gradations of altruistic qualities (those which are not based...
Thus there seem to be two distinct advantages which would recommend the formation of state clubs to college students; -the opportunity of meeting one another socially, and the opportunity of increasing at the same time the functions of their respective universities...
...Harvard is that of the establishment of a system of examination boards-indeed the question of the entire reform of the present examination system. There is no doubt that with the development of the university system a change, which shall introduce some method of examination by examiners totally distinct from those actually engaged in the work of instruction, is bound to come about. The work of instruction and the work of examination should be separated by a line distinctly drawn; in themselves they have no connection. This matter indeed is directly connected with the establishment of a permanent body...