Word: fittest
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...success of a man's business, he insisted, was a practical illustration of the theory of the survival of the fittest; that man will always reach the top of the ladder who is best able to adapt himself to the requirements of whatever position may offer. It does not depend upon how much he may know, but upon how much of his knowledge he can make of use to himself...
...point to many things in the University, that are the fittest memorials, the outcome of his personal work for the men whom it is proposed to benefit further in his memory. He had a large reward of gratitude for his part in many schemes and institutions for making cheap, pleasant living in Cambridge possible to students...
...does the beauty of organic forms qualify the theory of the survival of the fittest...
...student aboard. The "flying wedge" worked splendidly at the door of the restaurant and the whole company were soon seated in noisy confusion about the tables. Some began at one end of the dinner, and some at the other. It was a case of the survival of the fittest and the competition was consequently very keen. After dinner the men played ball in the station with apples and oranges taken from the table without extra charge. Nothing on the whole trip reflects better the spirits of the club than this incident...
...ministers as practised at present is almost like the ordination of men like Paul. Paul was a natural leader and came naturally to the front when the time came for preaching Christ. His ordination was so simple as almost to be no ordination at all; he was simply the fittest man and the place ready...