Word: mankind
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...necessary to go behind and say much in general about the value of books. Through them we learn man, the chief interest to all mankind...
...estimated that doctors are thus manufactured in such large numbers that they form one to every three hundred inhabitants. At first view this seems very discouraging, but the situation has many compensations. So many are unwholly unfit or badly prepared that while they increase the miseries of mankind they add to the business and profits of those who are capable. The competitions of modern life have become so keen that there are no opportunities for the lame and lazy. The first must find their proper pursuits, and the second must work or go to the wall...
...lecture on "Electric Lighting," given last evening in the lecture room of the Jefferson Physical Laboratory by Dr. Edwin H. Hall. The lecturer gave first a sketcle of the various discoveries in electricity and then explained the theory of the are and incandescent lights. Electricity has been known to mankind for more than 2,000 year, but only during the last ten years has it been used practically for lighting. The electricity generated by friction, when discharged gives a spark of great brilliancy but of very short duration. The discoveries in chemical electricity, by Galvani, and in induced currents...
...Amer. Rev., May, 1881, pp. 477, 480-1.- (2) Because they would stimulate American industry in general-not benefit a favored few: Hall's "Navigation" and "Iron Steamships," entire.- (3) Because they are in harmony with the principle of "ruling America first for Americans, and for the rest of mankind afterwards" Penn. Monthly, March, 1880.- (4) Because they are a necessity in order to the establishment of an American merchant marine: "American Shipping Interests," pp. 53-4, and appendix...
...idea was far more comforting to men than the skeleton of Christian art. In the vase-paintings, Death and Sleep together bear away the body with infinite tenderness, while the attitude of the deceased shows trust and resignation. On the earlier vases the two are represented as conquerors of mankind, and are therefore clothed as warriors, but this type soon yields to a more beautiful one. The Greek craftsman was fully aware of the limitations of his art, and never tried to represent such difficult themes as the shield of Achilles. His skill was, however, shown...