Word: idea
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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History comes from a root that means to see, then to know by seeing, and finally to tell what is known. Such is the Greek, Latin, Italian and English idea. The German word, geschickte or das geschehen expresses a somewhat different idea, that which has happened, and German writers lay more stress on facts. Indeed there may be said to be no literary history in Germany. We have regarded history as a literary art, and often literary men that can hardly be said to have been historical scholars have taught in the large universities of England. A definition of history...
Prof. Goodale advocated the teaching of botany to children and defined clearly the parts of the subject which he thought within their grasp. They may study the outward form and more or less of the inward, cell structure of plants; the underlying idea, the vegetal morphology, may also be discovered by them. The child, however, cannot be expected to understand the classification of plants into families, their knowledge must be general, not specific...
...will do well to free himself of the idea that great books go by fashion but we must read some books because the world is reading them; we must keep "in touch" with society. Such was the popularity of Uncle Tom's Cabin that Thackeray regretted he had not made a negro the hero of Henry Esmond which appeared in the same year...
...question. The committee doubtless has admirable and well considered reasons for deciding that the gowns shall be worn through the evening. While recognizing the advisability of having the Class Day dress as uniform as possible, and while seeing the force of feeling which wishes to keep up the scholastic idea of the senior class throughout the whole day, we cannot but believe that, practically considered, the gowns on a hot June evening, especially in a crowded room where there is dancing, will be rather uncomfortable, and as far as the dancing itself is concerned, inconvenient...
...faculty of Yale University have announced that, beginning next autumn, women will be admitted to the post graduate courses, and will be allowed to receive the degree of doctor of philosophy. The idea has been under the faculty's consideration for some time, and has been the subject of much comment. Following is the announcement...