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...Watson is not here to pick a crew from fellows of his immediate acquaintance or to be partial in the slightest degree; the idea is simply absurd. He is here to teach us to row, a position for which his thorough knowledge of the science adapts him; he is here to pull us out of the hole into which we have fallen and to establish a system which shall win, as it must, a full share of victories in the future...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication. | 2/11/1895 | See Source »

...weakness in any of them is likely to result in extinction. In the more highly evolved species there is a greater number of faculties and consequently a greater variety of opportunities for the superiority of one individual over another. Therefore when we get to man we find a partial suspension of the law of natural selection, because if one man is superior in a certain respect to his fellows, so they in various other respects may be superior...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mr. Fiske's Lecture. | 10/30/1894 | See Source »

...should like to ask the University authorities, through your columns, the following questions: Since Thursday was not even a partial holiday in the University, why was the gymnasium closed in the evening, and why was the Office closed during its regular hours...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication. | 4/20/1894 | See Source »

...invitation of the mathematical department, Mr. A. Chessin will deliver a short course of lectures on "Non-linear Partial Differential Equations of the First Order." The first lecture will be given on March 20, at 3.30 p. m., in Sever...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Course of Lectures in Mathematics. | 3/21/1894 | See Source »

...once to the contrast between our present state and the future. Now we cannot understand all things, we cannot know God perfectly. This fact troubles many people and they think that if we cannot know all we can know nothing. But Paul says "now I know in part;" partial knowledge is not to be despised. Our light now is reflected light, but while it comes through a mirror and is imprefect, still what is reflected is none the less true light. The first thing we must learn about God is that we cannot know him perfectly. We must realize that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Appleton Chapel. | 3/5/1894 | See Source »

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