Word: reflections
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Chimpanzees are intellectually closer to man than has been believed. Two young specimens confronted by problems apparently stopped to reflect, and a solution apparently came to them.-Dr. Robert M. Yerkes, Yale University...
...construction proceeds apace on the new buildings in the Yard and as plans for the new Business School take more definite shape, the wondering student is apt to reflect on the state of the present buildings of the University. Ugly many of them are, and dirty. The janitors who clean the class rooms seem to have gone on a sympathetic and perpetual strike with the goodies who are supposed to clean the studies. But if the dirt were carried, out of the buildings, it would only add to the swirling clouds of dust which arise from the untidy gravel walks...
...refuted. The upper hierarchy of officials and representatives begins to shine with intellectual distinction of a sort a condition which would hardly have been tolerated by the electorate of Jackson's time. Strange as this state may be to those who feel that the government must reflect the stupidity as well as the wishes of the masses, it would be more alarming if the extraordinary diffusion of higher education among the prosperous classes in America were not soon reflected in its political life...
When asked what probable effect this election would have on the plans of the Monarchists to restore the Hohenzollerns to the throne of the German Empire, Professor Lord said. "The elections seem to reflect pretty accurately the still bewildered and uncertain state of mind of the German people, still torn between old loyalties and new ideals. Now that the Dawes Plan is actually in force and Germany's political and economic situation, so appalling only a year ago, is now beginning to improve rapidly, the moderate parties would seem to have some chance of convincing the German people that their...
...intellect, be it sufficiently subtle, may be able to explain logically how spirits are substantial enough to reflect light, and why the timid creatures, shrinking to invisibility before human gaze, pose so graciously for the photographer. But who will explain the face of Battling Siki among the ethereal throng? Perhaps, the spirits were merely indulging in a low order of practical joke. Such humor, however, is scarcely worthy of men who have attained a more or less fixed station in life, or out of it: and any such explanation must be regarded as a feeble excuse for the somewhat chagrined...