Word: mindful
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...have tickets must remember that every ticket presented on the night of the concert, not bearing the signature of a member of one of the organizations or of the Chairman of the Committee, will be refused. It is absolutely necessary for ticket holders to bear this in mind or a good deal of trouble will result. Before disposing of their tickets members should see that they are all signed...
...real point of the proposed joint debate between Harvard and Yale. It is not necessary in a debate that there be a formal decision in order to get all the advantages of a decision. A formal decision would really settle nothing. Every listener must inevitably decide in his own mind as to the merits, of the debaters and no ruling of judges could affect that decision. A formal decision could only add an unpleasant feature to the joint debate wishout bringing any distinct gain. Even what emphasis it would give to the rivalry between the two colleges would be emphasis...
...first and beginning of the second period. The trouvere and the troubadour are responsible for the Vita Nouva and Divine Comedy. Love, the motive idea of the middle ages is the theme of all his work. On the other hand the spirit of the Renaissance enriched his mind and gave him a power of originality which distinguished his poems from those Italian songs imitated from Provencal models. Dante with the learning of the ancient world tells for the middle ages that Love is the great mover of the universe...
...that the success of the modern tendencies in Cambridge is, in the main, assured, the University and the country owe a debt of gratitude to the man who started the college on its new career of progress. Dr. Hill had a mind of remarkably strong original power, and came to see early in life that the great need of modern education was some method of imparting to the pupil power and knowledge, as well as learning. When he came to preside over Harvard College he immediately instituted reforms with this end in view. He caused examination papers...
...Hill was remarkable for the breadth of his interests, and for the great originality of his mind. Wherever he went, his influence and aid helped on whatever undertaking made for the good of the society about him. He was a natural mathematician, and distinguished for great originality and fertility in the investigation of curves, adding to their known number and simplifying their expression. He was a voluminous writer, and much of his work may be found scattered in the periodicals, especially in those devoted to mathematics and theology. Many of the modern tendencies at Harvard took their rise during...