Word: simplest
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...most interesting, though one of the simplest, branches of the Christian Association's work is the series of amateur concerts, readings and impersonations given by men from the University at the college settlement in Boston, at T wharf, and at other places. This work is, of course, not vitally important nor very far reaching in its effects, but it is a charity that creates a great deal of happiness...
...mechanism is, in its simplest aspect a pair of levers connected with four adjustable rods, with a sliding seat and foot rest; these in turn, are connected by a power applying rod to a crank or sprocket wheel. By this arrangement any movement of the arms, legs, or trunk, is converted into a mechanical advantage contributing to the revolution of the gear wheels...
...William Dean Howell read from some of his published essays yesterday afternoon in the Fogg Lecture Room, his subject being "Liberty and Equality." He said in part: Liberty is not in itself a good; it is only a means for obtaining good. In its noblest, simplest terms liberty is self-sacrifice. This self-sacrifice begins with the first step in civilization and is the end of the savage's self-assertion. The earliest use that a citizen of a liberated state makes of his freedom is to give up some part of it for the common good. But the poor...