Word: properly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...possess especial significance, but to the trained observer it is a signal of danger. Of course all deaths from consumption are not due to imperfect chests, but the fact that the majority of patients so afflicted are deficient in this respect goes far toward verifying the assertion that if proper care was used to develop strong, enduring chests, the death rate would be proportionally lessened. Dr. Holmes once said that it was safe to estimate that every other man met in the streets of Boston is either already afflicted with some form of pulmonary disease or will be. This being...
...interest that this event has always aroused has made it one of the few contests that have caused much rivalry of late years between the classes. In last year's meetings '82 came off victorious more on account of greater skill than of superior strength. This year, however, the proper method of pulling will be better known, and we may look for very exciting contests...
...Aberdeen University, Scotland, taking for his subject "The University Ideal." Prof. Bain gives a description of the origin of the university system, of its gradual growth and progress up to the present day, and an exhaustive discussion of what in his opinion constitutes an ideal university. The university proper can hardly be dated back earlier than the twelfth century; and the important particulars in its first constitution were these: First, the separation of philosophy from theology. Aristotle and the awakening intellect of the eleventh century were the main causes of this. Two classes of minds at this time divided...
...present generation do not compare with those of the student of the former. In regard to the best time for exercise, Dr. Sargent said that it depended, to a certain extent, upon the condition and requirements of a person; if, for instance, one was troubled by sleeplessness, the proper time was in the evening, but the hour of the day when the average person can best exercise to advantage is about the middle of the forenoon, as then the vital energy is at its height and more work can be done, both physical and mental. The next best time...
...library, but that if it were he would not get it, as he, Harvey, regarded it as not being a fit book for him to read. Of course not. It is a text-book of patriotism, liberty, philanthrophy and correct politics. It teaches loyalty and calls treason by its proper name; therefore the young Virginians ought not to read...