Word: freedom
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...probable that Oxford will make an advance in the direction of greater freedom of study by establishing a research degree, namely, a Baccalaureate of either Science or Letters, according to the field in which the candidate has done his work. A special delegacy will be appointed as supervisors of the new department. No one may enter on the course of special study which entitles him to be a candidate unless he is twenty-one years old, has obtained the Oxford B.A., or otherwise qualified himself, has shown aptness for research, and has chosen a line of study which may profitably...
...enormous advantages of our free institutions are underated. - (a) As they stand our institutions are second to none. - (1) They unite the advantages of English institutions with greater individual freedom: Jas. Bryce...
...progress of civilization in China, Corea and Japan. - (a) China will be aroused from her present social stagnation. - (1) Through modern political theories. - (2) Education. - (3) Social improvements. - (b) Corea will be benefited. - (1) Political independence. - (2) Material progress. - (c) Japan will develop her present policy. - (1) In commercial freedom...
...system of government ownership and management alone will the public interest be secure. - (a) Government interference ineffectual. - (1) Interstate Commerce Act. - (2) State Commissions. - (b) Government ownership will give - (1) Economy of administration and construction: J. S. Jeans, Railway Problems, p. 463 - (2) Better service. - (3) Greater safety - (4) Freedom from labor troubles: Arena...
...both the material and the intellectual wealth, which must be brought by numbers and by popular sympathy and interest. The bold adoption of this fundamental principle of action,- accepted with difficulty by many devoted lovers of Harvard, twenty-five years ago,- has enabled the University, while gaining strenth and freedom for herself; to discharge one of her highest duties to the country, by opening her doors more widely to both students and teachers of diverse training, wherever found, helping to disseminate the influences of good learning throughtout all parts of the United States, and thus becoming a participant and prime...