Word: objects
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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There is a surplus of between thirty and forty dollars after paying the expenses of the class eleven. This will be handed over to the class committee, to be used as they see fit for the interests of the class, unless five men object to me before Wednesday. If objection is made a class meeting will be called to dispose of the surplus...
...dinner to the eleven this evening we hope the main object of the occasion will not be lost sight of. At first glance, the dinner is, of course, in honor of our foot ball team; but closer observation shows that the main object of the dinner is to bring the University as a whole into closer relations on athletic matters. It is a chance for a free expression of what men feel ought to be done, and what men are determined to do, for the athletic interests of Harvard during the coming year. It is also a chance for graduates...
...nature but this was the first onslaught of constructive idealism upon realism. This onslaught failed, but men began to realize that nature's mysteries were not unfathomable. The mysteries are of a spiritual nature but can only be studied through the outside world by means of science. The object of science is to make out through experience the spiritual laws that govern the world. Thus thinkers of the early part of this century were idealists by nature but scientists by profession, uniting empirical research and philosophical thought. The doctrine of evolution is to comprehend the world of experience by means...
...arrive at this doctrine required the historical study of the world. Formerly nature, as it is, was the object of thought; everything was regarded as eternal and fixed; now it is the growth and change which fascinates our attention. The rights of man, in the light of the theory of evolution, can no longer be regarded as inalienable, but hard won and hard to keep...
Whether this object is attained or not-whether the game today is won or lost, the result will be beneficial to Harvard. The college world at Cambridge has never before seen such indefatigable work on the part of an athletic captain; it has never before seen such faithful training on the part of the candidates for the team; finally, it has never itself given the team such hearty and encouraging support. The result is bound to show-today, we believe, and in the future, we know...