Word: mankind
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...regret to see a man specialize too much and confine himself to one subject. The greatest chance of these four years is to get a large liberalizing view of one's position among mankind...
...profession they may enter they feel a responsibility for the common schools, and by work and sacrifice do their part in strengthening our republic in its foundations My other point is a very different one, - This nation has, we believe, a great and peculiar mission in the history of mankind...
...study of science arises from curiosity. As an intellectual property in all intelligent beings, curiosity is well developed in mankind. Every intelligent individual must at least make a classification of things which are hurtful and things which are not hurtful. Such a classification naturally leads to inquiry, the seeking for an explanation...
Science is primarily a characteristic of the Aryan race. The earliest idea was that all things were ordained by a power greater than man. Invariably there is the idea of a god or a number of gods resembling mankind in form. The first great step in the advance of science was the dehumanizing of the causes which brought about all natural phenomena. This was due to Plato who founded that school of philosophers known as the Sceptics. Aristotle carried Plato's idea further. He conceived that the production of everything was due to antecedent causes. Thus science departed from...
...diligent student and a past master of literature; he had a strong and true appreciation in art, and he was instantly responsive to the appeal of music. All that he was and all that he acquired, he consecrated quietly and without ostentation to the service of mankind. His letters to his father show that in his early manhood there was manifested the same spirit which was to become constantly more prominent in his later years...