Word: learnedly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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During the Tertiary age which is the most recent geological period before the present many parasitic, insects similar to those existing now abounded. By studying these and comparing them with existing species we can learn something of their relations and migrations from one area to another...
...play itself was originally entitled "Make-Believe", but was changed when the author was reminded of A. A. Milne's play of the same name. Making believe was the sin of Adam Baxter. He had always longed for knowledge, had always hoped to learn to read: but he never had succeeded. His longing was so keen, however, and his innate love of books so great, that he brought quite a number of volumes, irrespective of their contents...
...however, that there is no work which can give a man greater opportunity to earn money, depending entirely on his own ability to produce, nor one which will be of greater benefit to him after he has finished his college work, because the principles of selling which he will learn and the ability to meet people on a business basis, which he will acquire, will both stand him in good stead and will be of tremendous importance in any business or profession which he may enter...
...were aware from the very start of the movement that the best way to eliminate existing animosity and create an atmosphere of good will and mutual understanding among the students of different countries, is to bring people into personal contact, so that they may learn to know one another. In European countries and I suppose in the United States also, the intellectuals form the basis of the national life. The students of today will in a few years be the leaders in the political, economic, cultural, and social life of their countries. They will, therefore, have a considerable influence...
Today is President Eliot's birthday. And not alone those who have known him here at Harvard but those who throughout the nation have been influenced by his great work as a moving force in American education will rejoice to learn that he has added another to his many years of noble and useful living. For Dr. Eliot is much more to Harvard and to the world of letters than a famous educator. He is a part of the best in New England tradition in American tradition...