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Science is primarily a characteristic of the Aryan race. The earliest idea was that all things were ordained by a power greater than man. Invariably there is the idea of a god or a number of gods resembling mankind in form. The first great step in the advance of science was the dehumanizing of the causes which brought about all natural phenomena. This was due to Plato who founded that school of philosophers known as the Sceptics. Aristotle carried Plato's idea further. He conceived that the production of everything was due to antecedent causes. Thus science departed from...
...would be impossible to duplicate under ordinary circumstances. So well grounded is the belief that the testimonial is of the highest possible order that many people do not wait to know what the programme is, but, remembering its excellence in the past, hasten to secure their seats at the earliest possible moment. Such has been the case this year, and already a most successful outcome of the testimonial is assured...
...prices for the work are given below. Every man must sit for his photograph whether he desires any pictures for himself or not, as it is of the utmost importance that every member of the class shall be represented in the class album. Seniors will please sit at their earliest convenience. Special appointments by sections will be made later. The prices are as follows...
...would be difficult, Professor Carpenter said, to give in one lecture a complete account of the rise of ideas among the Hebrews from the animistic level of the earliest period to the lofty conceptions which marked their highest development. This growth was stimulated from various sources, chiefly Persian and Greek. It was controlled by certain passionate religious convictions which were transformed under deep national and personal experiences...
...held among many races was, as seen in a preceding lecture, that the spirit of the dead continued in its earthly dwelling; and all sorts of devices were resorted to in order that the spell of its presence might not remain over the other inmates of the house. The earliest idea of a tomb was that of a house like that occupied by the spirit in life and which was to be its permanent domicile. Among people who lived in caves, burial was made underground. Thus grew up the ideas of the nether world which are shown in the word...