Word: mental
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Finally", said the speaker, "when approached from the biological standpoint, the theory of superiority seems to be substantiated. Since the time of Darwin, biologists have recognized the fact that moral and mental as well as physical characteristics are inherited. Able individuals have able descendents, so able groups are followed by able groups, and the theory of natural superiority in social classes is upheld...
...STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE-John E. Kellerd is appearing in special matinees of a new dramatization of the familiar story by Robert Louis Stevenson. Emphasis is placed less on the romantic phase of the situation and more on the mental struggle of Dr. Jekyll than in the former dramatization. It is maintained that Stevenson's chief object was to emphasize the moral effect of the habit of evil on a character normally good...
Cruel treatment (mental or physical...
...only a few are equipped to take Italian 10. To the rest, Professor Grandgent's lecture this afternoon will give at least a glimpse of the great medieval poet, and suggest the peculiarities of his mental makeup which one must understand to appreciate him. With an introduction such as professor Grandgent can give, the acquaintance can be broadened into a profitable knowledge...
...cheering section at Mechanics Hall tonight will be doing double duty. No radio broadcaster has been installed, but by mental telepathy, at least, the support given to the track team will be forwarded to the hockey men at Princeton...