Word: heard
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Dravrah has revealed to me a most extraordinary phenomenon. In all my travels I have never encountered a fact so surprising as the one I am about to relate to you. I was totally unprepared to find it here, of all places, for what I had seen and heard of these Satellites led me to look upon them in spite of their peculiarities, as a superior breed of men, above the weaknesses of common human nature. The truth is, that almost all of these young men are afflicted with a strange malady which suffuses them with drowsiness, so that...
...have heard much talk of systems and formulae. Most of it seems to me sheer nonsense. To some extent education may be aided by system, but more often will be hindered by it. No two men are exactly alike. Among the Satellites these differences are enormous. Yet all systems assume a false uniformity. The unit of education is the individual, and the great problem of education is to awaken him. I believe the high reputation Dravrah has in the outside world rests on just this: that they really see the problem, and are trying to solve it. Mirza...
...soul-stirring orations, he supported the Government's bill to give municipal votes to woman. The speech was the more remarkable because the Premier was bucking a majority of the Fascist Party. His speech was witty and to the point. More than once female giggles were heard from the gallery, but a certain frigidity was noticed in that region when he said...
...colleges, Harvard has been classed as coeducational. Doubtless the gatherer of statistics had visited Cambridge and seen the nonchalant demoiselles walking in twos and threes through the Yard with books under their arms. Perhaps he had wandered into Widener to look at the Sargent murals and had seen and heard groups of giggling girls passing to and from the delivery room. He may even have carried his researches as far as the lecture halls and noticed the rare but real feminine presence in this or that course. Such may be the explanation of Harvard's maiden appearance in the society...
...through the efforts of a handful of stars. In such a meet as today's gathering the average athlete is lost in a welter of stars. And almost every school boasis a few of these. But only Exeter and Andover can muster such a rollcall as will be heard this afternoon...