Word: mental
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...time, a major study and a minor study, and he will devote all of his time for at least six weeks, and it may be longer, to these two studies. Other studies will be taken up in succession, two by two, so that instead of diffusing his mental energies among six or eight simultaneous studies, as is the case under the present system of teaching at colleges and Universities, he will concentrate and cover the same ground in the same time and reap a much better result. Under this system, the professor also, being employed in continuously teaching and investigating...
VIII. EXPRESSION.Our discussion of the mental facts of which music consists has up to this point been confined to the sphere of the auditory perceptions. We have inquired into the sensational basis of music and have considered also the contribution of the imagination of tone to musical effect. But music is more than a fact of hearing; it is a power in the soul of the hearer. We can almost never listen to beautiful textures of notes without being moved and set dreaming by them. These effects upon the emotional and imaginative natures are often regarded as the element...
...students themselves did all they could to add to Young's comfort. His mother came on from Chicago, and President Bumstead of Atlanta University was also with him during his sickness. Young himself was a remarkably well developed man; he had the fortune to combine great physical strength with mental qualities of an exceedingly high stamp. He will be deeply missed by all who were fortunate enough to know...
...elective system and the abolition of compulsory attendance at chapel the athletic affairs at Harvard got into a bad way and we suffered several years of uninterrupted defeat at the hands of Yale. It is not too much to say that this fact gave and still gives more mental discomfort to the student body than almost anything that could have happened. The pain of it was not compensated by any evidence of the increase in numbers or the surprising general prosperity of the University. Our defeats are a thorn in the side of every Harvard man. For the past year...
...condition tend to produce in one renewed strength. These are the central things of religion. Some ecclesiastics forbid dancing, going to the theatres and like amusements. These are but side issues, It is the broader principles, those that cover larger bounds which will give one increased physical and mental power and so more strength...