Word: gist
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...gist of Mr. Long's speech was that it is the common, everyday things of life which are most worth while. In speaking of the civic and social duties, of each individual citizen, he said that, practically, the "State" may be considered as an enlargement of the "City," and the "Commonwealth" as an enlargement of the "State." How far the powers of each of these three divisions shall go is a very difficult question, but it must be admitted that a great degree of centralization is necessary to the proper control of this great "Commonwealth...
...gist of the new plan is as follows: (1) A degree of S.B. is to be established in Harvard College, conferred, like the A.B. degree, without designation of any field of study, with requirements for admission to candidacy for it the same as the present requirements for admission to the Scientific School, and with requirements for graduation the same as those for the degree of A.B. (2) A Graduate School of Applied Science is to be established in Harvard University, in which degrees will be granted in all the chief branches of applied science, and requiring the degree...
...simple rules contain the gist of Mr. Fletcher's system. They are: Never eat unless you have a well defined true appetite. A false appetite will always refuse simple food. Give the appetite an opportunity to choose the food it craves. Chew the food until the swallowing impulse is overmastering. This practice will enable the body to run perfectly on one-third the amount of food under the old system, and will yet satisfy the appetite. Enjoyment of food is necessary to digestion. Do not be disturbed either while eating or digesting food. Any disturbance arrests digestion and assimilation...
...March number of the Monthly contains an editorial that is worth both careful reading and concentrated thought. The gist of it is that the present haphazard choice of courses should give way to a systematic method of some kind, even at the cost of a partial sacrifice of the elective system. "A Recent Book on Greek Sculpture" is concise, to the point, and in a graceful style. It does what reviews frequently do not do--combines keen criticism with a sense of appreciation. "The Outside Dormitory: Pro and Con" is a mere collection of superficial commonplaces...
Ruskin's central contentions in his theory of political economy are the theses that economic questions cannot be understood apart from ethical and social considerations; and that moral facts having immediate relation to human character are inextricably involved in all production of economic goods. The gist of his idea is in the words, "There is no wealth but life." That his social ideas have never been realized is due to the fact that they involve a reversion to social forms which can never again be permanently established...