Word: success
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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From the practical point of view of a livelihood it may be well said that in medicine the man who gives himself, will gain his living; the secret of success in it is that earnest devotion to its duties which makes the fee the secondary consideration, for as Dr. Holmes says "the principal object of the practice of medicine is the benefit of the patient...
...common impression among ill informed people that Harvard college, though hard to get into, is easy to stay in. How erroneous the impression is may be seen every year in the figures published in the Dean's annual report concerning the changes in the personnel of the successive college classes. Thus in October, 1888, it appears from the Dean's statistics for the year 1888-89, that the freshman, sophomore and junior classes numbered together 825 persons, and that of this number 87 left college at or before the end of the year, and 42 were dropped to a lower...
...success of the meeting of the Boston Athletic Association in Mechanics Hall, Saturday was so gratifying that it is probable that the Amateur Athletic Union will hold the Eastern indoor championship meeting in Boston. This meeting comes some time the last of March or the first week of April...
...Harvard, and nearly three-fourths at Cornell are engaged in just that kind of work exclusively; finally in both places the majority of the professors and a minority of the instructors are giving both elementary and advanced instructions. Professor Francke adds that the German system is considered an absolute success there. It is felt that the professors are best adapted to represent the foundations and the system of their science, that the enthusiastic privatdocenten are best fitted to reach out into new fields and to train investigators, that competition of one with the other furnishes a source of rejuvenation...
...much increased. At present there is one man in the high jump who is away ahead of his competitors; the same is true of the fence-vault and putting the shot. Harvard men do not care to compete out of charity any more than any other men-the success of handicaps is shown by the entries to the Boston A. A. games next Saturday. Yours...