Word: research
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Professor James spoke at the Psychical Research Tuesday evening...
...growth of the modern historical movement can be best suggested by the following incomplete list of abbreviated titles of "epochmaking" books, pioneer in very various departments of research. Such works mark the increasingly extended application of the historical method, with its accompanying idea of Evolution. to more and more regions of knowledge. as well as the growth of this Idea itself. Few of these books are technically considered. philosophical treatises. Out of the whole mass of such, and their successors in each department, the Philosophy of Evolution has grown. Dates of first editions alone are meant. The books are chosen...
...pride Harvard's advance to the highest University grade to notice the number of seminaries and conferences which, according to the calendar, take place here this week. Last evening there were important meetings in the Modern Language, History and Science departments at which the results of advanced individual research were presented and discussed. Tonight there is a similar meeting in the Geological department, while in numerous other ones, such as in that of Classical Philology and of Philosophy, though the regular meetings are not announced in the calendar, the seminary work constantly done is of high grade. A continual comparison...
...prime objects of an institution like Harvard to seek out and make known facts of all kinds which the ordinary student has neither the time nor the ability to investigate; this series of conferences has been organized with the double purpose of offering a chance for special research students in modern languages to make the results of their work public, and of bringing these students and their instructors more closely together. The Conference starts out this year under able management, and promises to be of great value...
Next Monday, December 1, will be the first day during this term for the Modern Language Conference of Harvard University to meet. The Modern Language Conference was established last year by the departments of English, German, French, and Roman Philology, with the purpose of promoting advanced study and research in the modern languages and literatures, and of bringing together instructors and students engaged in the various branches of Modern Philology. This year the organization of the Conference has been completed, Professor Child having consented to assume the presidency. It is proposed to hold meetings about once a month...