Word: logical
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...sermons, he gave his whole being to his hearers. No other man's sermons were ever wrought with such thought and care. They all went through three stages, the note-book, the compendium stage, and then the finished arrangement, so that his intellectual preparation and logic made a track, as it were, for the rush of his rhetoric. Complete as was his plan and outline, he spoke with such spontaneity that he seemed to be swept on by some supernatural power...
With ruthless sarcasm the writer of the communication printed this morning ridicules the idea of a bonfire as a part of the John Harvard anniversary celebration. With clear and concise logic he shows the folly of adapting a method of rejoicing over athletic victories to an occasion so sacred as the birth of our founder. We understand that some men may feel above such a childish display of animal spirits, but we scan the communication in vain to find an adequate alternative. True, the writer suggests that the Faculty should have planned academic ceremonies which would conform to the dignity...
...first meeting of the course of lectures on "Modern Logic," to be given during the present half-year by H. M. Sheffer 3G., was held yesterday afternoon. It was decided that meetings will be held every Monday and Wednesday at 4.30 o'clock...
...first meeting of the course of lectures on "Modern Logic," to be given during the first half-year by Henry M. Sheffer 3G., will be held this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock in Emerson H. This meeting will be for the purpose of organization only, and hours of meeting will be arranged to suit the convenience of those wishing to take the course. Two meetings a week will be held...
...first part of the course will deal with the Calculus of Classes, Propositions and Relations, and will indicate the relation of this modern logic to the traditional logic. In the second part of the course an examination will be made of the logical foundations of the fundamental mathematical concepts, and such topics as the Definitions of Pure Mathematics, Definitions of Postulates, and Abstract Definitions of Geometry, will be considered. In general the course will treat the subjects which are ordinarily included in Philosophy 15 and Mathematics 27, neither of which courses are given this year. The work will be very...