Word: idea
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...easy to admit that the favorite modern principle of the division of labor can wisely be carried to this extent in the intellectual world as it is now being carried in the physical world. The fundamental principle on which the great republic of letters is founded, the very idea of the "humanities," as the Times says, and of a broad and liberal culture, revolts against this proposition...
...author describes the various special collections and concludes: "By a mere hasty visit to the exhibition-rooms no one will get an idea of the magnificence of the Museum of comparative zoology. Neither the building, nor the rooms inside, nor the exhibited objects, will make an especially imposing impression. But the strong point of this institution lies in the poculiar arrangement of the collection for the public, and in the strict separation of the large material for scientific investigations. By the constant development of science, by the improved accessibility of distant continents and islands, by the investigations of the depths...
...hope that the faculty will not take it for granted that all the men whose names are not attached to the athletic petition are necessarily opposed to it. Such an idea would be a great mistake. Although the great majority of the men have signed, still there are many who have failed to sign, simply through negligence or laziness...
...faculty appear to wish, to lessen the element of competition. But can the faculty do this and at the same time accomplish what is generally accepted as their aim, viz.: promote athletic interests, or perhaps, rather, to save them? Is there not a direct opposition in the two ideas, lower the competitive element, and support the interests of athletics? It has always seemed to me that competition is the very coundation upon which all athletics rest. Any thrust which diminishes competition will diminish in exact ratio the amount of interest taken in our sports, and as a direct result...
...look at the prominent athletes in the different branches. They are almost without exception healthy, and well developed men. Athletes are beginning to see that the best training for a specialty is the thorough development of the whole body, and not the abnormal development of particular muscles. When this idea has become generally accepted, as it seems probable under Dr. Sargent's teaching that it will, then this objection to specialities may be thrown aside. As to competition, it may be an evil, but it is a necessary evil. We must accept our athletics with this evil...