Word: factor
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Irving began by saying, "I am deeply sensible of the compliment paid me, not so much for myself as for the profession which I represent. In inviting me here to address you, you intend to recognize the influence of the drama as a factor in education. I trust that you have no prejudice against the stage, else I should not be here to-night. There are persons not a hundred miles from here who have never been to a theatre, but have no objections to see a play in a museum, especially if the vestibule be ornamented by statues, stuffed...
...work done has progressed in equalratio. To-day the annual winter meetings are very like a little Mott Haven tournament, in which the several colleges of the more important contest may be considered as represented by the various classes. In fact, these meetings have become an important factor in keeping alive class feeling. It has become the custom of most students to keep a careful record of the events won by the men of their respective classes, and to feel elated, or despondent, correspondingly to the position of their classes in the list of prize winners. But aside from...
...back now and see if the theory of free will can help us out of our difficulty. If a man, solicited by given motives in a given emergency, may act in various ways; if a new force, springing uncaused into existence, becomes an agent or factor in his choice; will not the consciousness of guilt be explained? I think not. For if the same man in the same circumstances can make various decisions, how does his decision tell us anything about the true, permanent nature of he man? Whence the significance of his choice if, without being other than...
...fixed motives have acted differently? Is my choice essentially independent not only of present circumstances, but also of my past circumstances and settled character; so that each act of my will is not a result from their union, but a new force, springing uncaused into existence,-an agent or factor in their union...
Bodily exercise formed a most important factor in the life of the ancient Greeks. In the course of study prescribed for an Athenian boy equal prominence was given to both mental and physical training. While yet at school, the boy became proficient in the lighter exercise, a certain part of each day being devoted to work in the gymnasium. At the age of fifteen, the regular course of instruction in athletics was begun, which fitted the youth to participate in the great games, "field meetings" we would call them now, held every year at Athens. Higher honors were conferred...