Word: scale
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...wish that no member of the Union will miss the opportunity of hearing Mr. Horace Fletcher's address tonight. The subject on which he will speak is of fundamental importance both to the individual and to the State. If his observations on diet, confirmed already on a limited scale, should prove true on a universal scale, it is impossible to overestimate their revolutionary import. Mr. Fletcher is one of the most original and "sympathetic" personalities whom Massachusetts in our day has produced. His teaching and example have been of such vital benefit to certain persons whom I know, that...
...bookworm, or a mere absorber of the learning of other people, but he is a pioneer in knowledge, an investigator capable of research. A scholar is not a recluse, and though he may be more or less withdrawn from the world, it is only to live on a grander scale, and with large hope of serving mankind...
...life are open to criticism and are often restrained by public sentiment, which is only of a unique nature in the case of ministers. Although the salary of a minister is not much better than that of an expert cook or carpenter, the remuneration is upon an entirely different scale. It is spiritual. A minister has the satisfaction of the heartfelt gratitude of his fellows, and in old age, the knowledge that he has helped to raise, the lot of mankind by making the world better...
...trials tonight men will be marked on a scale of five, as in former trials, but everyone will be given a chance to speak, regardless of present standing. The twelve men with the highest total scores in all the four trials will be retained, and, in addition, it is proposed to retain several of the best speakers this evening...
...made and much of the old clock work and appliances will be changed for new ones operated by electricity. The reflecting lens is about 6 inches thick and weighs, with its cell, about a ton. The focal length is 28 1-2 feet. This gives an image upon a scale of 6 inches for a degree. The whole instrument will be covered by a moveable wooden shelter connected with a frame building, the upper floor of which is the observing room, the lower floor the silvering room. This telescope will be used principally for the observation of very distant stars...