Word: mankind
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...comes to us full of heavy articles, which, however, are remarkably well written and sensible for undergraduate productions. There is a little too much discussion on our degree of consanguinity with the unfortunate monkey, but a writer on the "Plural Origin of Mankind" has collected some very interesting illustrations, and "Planchette" is discussed with considerable success. In typography, the Owl is inferior to none of our magazine exchanges...
...necessary element of advance or not, any measures to diminish its frequency, so as to cut off all but the inevitable, must be welcomed by every one. The gift is appreciated by us, not only as indicative of his ample generosity, but as showing his faith in mankind, and hopes for the ultimate happiness of the race...
...designed for certain callings." It quotes Mr. Agassiz's advice to young men professing to be naturalists, namely, to pass first through college, giving "full scope to literary studies, whether in ancient or modern tongues, to moral and intellectual philosophy, to the moral and social history of mankind, and to pure mathematics." This report is recommended to the attention of any who desire to go back of the outward form, and understand the principles that are at work in making Harvard University what...
THIS peculiar trait of human nature, which leads some to withdraw themselves from a friendly association with the rest of mankind, is rare, and we are thankful for it. It is so seldom seen, that to a majority it is a thing of the past, and supposed by them to have perished with the writers who so fully described some remarkable examples of it long years ago. But in a mild form it exists at the present time, and has found its way into the sanctum of the student. We have in our little world well-marked examples of this...
Unluckily, one finds no incentive, from his own circumstances, to pay any regard to what the rest of mankind is doing, or to make himself acquainted with the general news...