Word: factors
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...that American scholarship is "all that it ought to be." One reason for this belief offers itself at once: "In Germany the very idea of a university demands productive scholarship as the centre and primary interest of all university activity; in America it is an accessory element, a secondary factor, almost a luxury, which is tolerated but never demanded as a condition." This is because in America there is no sharp line drawn between university work and college work as is the case in Germany. The regular college work does not require and even rather hinders productive scholarship. In Germany...
...misfortune; for only by opting English methods can we reach the desired results. Perfect fearlessness in casting a searching light on evil-doers helps wonderfully to create a sense of responsibility for the equitable management of public affairs. The individual in the community must become a factor in politics--an intelligent factor. Intelligence is what most of us lack, as far as the knowledge of laws and the duty of officials goes. Equipped with such Knowledge of laws and the duty of officials goes. Equipped with such knowledge, we can wield a powerful weapon if we are but willing...
...most important factors in literary fashion is that of imitation. It is one of the traits of human nature, and appears in literature not only in imitation in writing, but also in the reading of the books of the day. In literary evolution there are no laws. Action is followed by re-action, the psychological novel replaces the romantic, and is in turn displaced. There is no invariable progress. Love of novelty makes for literary progress more than any other factor...
...River and Harbor Commissioners who reported against it, chiefly on the ground that the change would interfere with the tidal scour. Since the reclaiming of so much marsh land beside the river, the consideration of tidal scour has become unimportant, and should not be a considerable factor in the present discussions...
...influence and example of Jesus Christ has been the most potent factor of the world's history; it has inspired men, it has moulded destiny, and leavened the whole structure of society. The surest way in which men can add power to their lives it to shape them by the rules which Jesus laid down for His life, and the straightest road to influence among men for God follows the footsteps of Christ...