Word: less
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Incandescent lamp, there are many things to be considered before a hasty adoption. The Arc light is entirely outside of the enquiry. Then comes the question, which is the best and why? The Incandescent lamps with a carbon filament are easily destroyed, and there is more or less danger of fire on account of the amount of power used, which requires the larger wire to convey the electric fluid. The best carbon is the cylinder carbon, which has a much greater illuminating surface and consumes only one quarter as much power as the filament carbon, and gives four fold...
...found, and every year in greater numbers, in occupations not at that time recognized as professions at all. In journalism there will be no dispute that this is true, but it is equally true of callings in which the direct advantage of a collegiate education is less obvious, as, for example, in architecture. We believe it will be found that the increase in the number of undergraduates is at least keeping pace with the growth of the country in population and in wealth...
...whole army marched back to their old camps opposite Fredericksburg. For this last movement Hooker was never able to give good reasons, for he had crossed the river at what was the most advantageous place for an attack, and now retired again when opposed by a force less than half his own. The losses on both sides had been heavy. Hooper and Sedgwick had lost in killed, wounded and missing over 17,000 men, and Lee had, by his own figures, probably underestimated, 12,000. This ended a movement of which the first part was one of the best executed...
...course the discussion of the ethical bearing of certain recent social movements. In the introduction a brief sketch was given of the recent tendency to what might generally be called a return to socialism in the political life of England, of some continental countries, and to a less degree, of our own country. Then it was pointed out that this tendency means not merely a political movement, but also to some extent the growth of a moral ideal which gives a stronger life to the movement. The moral ideal at the basis of socialism is the ideal of society...
...While the resolution seems less objectionable than some of the preceding ones we would like to call attention to the fact that it is asserted that a race is not harmful in proportion to its length, but that on the contrary the stroke rowed in the longer races is less exhausting and makes less strain on the vital forces of the crews chosen for them. In addition, the men selected for these crews have in the class races already demonstrated their ability for long sustained effort. If, however, the opinion of practical oarsmen, which we believe is opposed to such...