Word: thorough
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...writers on political science. One characteristic of these student socialists which may surprise the reader, is their hatred of violence as a means in attaining their ends. They deplored unanimously the assassination of the Czar as an event which would weaken the cause. Their purpose was a thorough economical education of the laboring classes in order that they might use the ballot intelligently to secure those great reforms so sadly needed. The majority of the students were ardent followers of Carl Marx, and possessed the greatest confidence in the power of the people to establish that form of society which...
...powers. He must have a good knowledge of customs and usages of business. He must have some knowledge of law, - as he will have to decide many disputes among contracting parties. He must be honest, industrious 'energetic' and persevering. He needs not only a practical education, but also a thorough training in the theory of the profession. The work directly after graduation will be hard, it is so with all professions, but he must not yield to temptations to accept low and easy positions, such as draughting. Experience must teach him enough to enable him to criticize the work...
...present schools of political science are utterly inadequate to fill the place of the one proposed. Of the three, that at Columbia is probably the best. If we compare it with the Ecole Libre we not only find it less thorough in the subjects taught, but we also find that there are many important topics which it does not touch, for example, there is no instruction as to the duties of the consular service. Such instruction could best be given by one who had been in this service, and this person could most easily be found at Washington. There...
...abstract of chapter XI "the Possibility of error" in the text-book in Philosophy 3 is a voluntary exercise. Those who wish to have their theses marked will add a thorough criticism to the abstract. The mark will count one fourth of the final examination. The theses are due any time before June...
...crew should not come from the second crew, and it lies in every man's power to make himself one of those men, if he only works hard enough and uses his head. The criticism of the individual faults of the men is not so thorough as in the case of the first crew, but it covers the ground fairly well...