Word: progress
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...course, from the deepening of religious and moral feelings, I know of nothing more to be desired for our country than a broader and deeper cultivation of the literature and science of the world at large. We are developing too much in obedience to a single element of progress-to what I have in another place called "mercantilism" I see nothing but a more devoted cultivation of art, science, and literature which can modify this. And, so far as literature is concerned, while I have nothing to say against those who are devoted to ancient literature, we certainly need...
...report on this subject, the dean merely voices and opinion that is held by every one, when he states that order is kept principally by the college sentiment as a whole. All in all, the university at large has every reason to feel proud of the advancement and progress which Harvard is making year by year in every direction. And we shall have every reason to be gratified if the next report shows as successful a year as the last...
...because animals can run into evil courses, become vegetables which cannot? This indeed amounts to throwing up the game of life and admitting that the world is worse off the older it gets. It is the business of the true culture to point out the landmarks that verify progress, to add to the experience of the individual the experience of the race, to prove that no effort is possible without its result-and no result possible without effort; to send the young man out into life equipped to make a place in it, and with faith which shall never grow...
...about eighty students in residence and makes a reasonable profit, out of which, however, during the past year, over L600 was devoted to reducing the cost of education by means of scholarships, exhibitions, and loans. An additional wing to the north hall and a hospital building are now in progress. Some magnificent donations have been recently made by Mrs. H. Sidgwick and Mr. Winkworth towards the cost of building a biological laboratory. The correspondence classes conducted in connection with Newnham College continue to be very useful in directing the studies of lady students residing at a distance...
...Michigan Argonant gives the following account of Mr. Justin Winsor's address at the dedication of the Ann Arbor Library: "One of the most interesting features of the evening was the address by Mr. Justin Winsor on bibliography in general and the part books play in the world's progress. The address although read, was delivered in an entertaining, conversational manner and was very heartily appreciated by the audience. Taking for his text what some are pron to call "trash," he showed what an important part the lighter varieties of literature play, so that the "trash" of one age becomes...