Word: understanding
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...depend on the eyes for all knowledge of Astronomy and we must therefore understand of what our eyes are capable It is a curious fact in vision that we cannot be sure that we tell that which we see, because our reason takes part in what we observe. In order to find the points of the compass we must first find a level surface and then by the arrangement of angles we must find the zenith of the sky. A single point however does not help us, and another must be obtained. Looking to the north we can find stars...
...understand the condition of the affairs of the Union agree that a change is necessary. Whether the wisest step is the one so hastily taken is an open question. The majority of the Union may consider the new plan the best that can be devised, or on full discussion it may decide to abandon it. Be that as it may, it has seemed wise to the Executive Committee of the Union to call a special meeting of the society that the plan may be thoroughly and adequately discussed. Both sides must allow that the haste shown at the last meeting...
...Medical School several new instructors have been appointed during 1891-92. The Dean in his report calls attention to the fact that the proportion of college bred men entering the Medical School has decreased very much since 1886. It is not easy to understand the reason of this change but it is probable that the prolongation of the period of professional study has necessarily led to a corresponding shortening of the time heretofore allotted to college training...
...WARREN ARGUMENT.To understand the origin of railroad abuses, one must appreciate the full extent of competition. Investors cannot withdraw their money, they must make the road a success. Hence competition has become a life and death struggle, and the roads have resorted to underhand means. But the railroads themselves, for their own salvation, introduced a system of pooling which, by giving each road an assurance of just so much traffic, removed the necessity for reductions, and the evils consequent upon these reductions...
...grows so close and hot that it is very uncomfortable for hose dining there. It has been found impracticable to open many of the upper windows because the draft causes the gas to flare in such a fashion that the walls are in danger of being considerably blackened. We understand that the Board of Directors are making efforts to remedy this trouble and we trust that they will be able to do so, and that in short time, for it is a serious discomfort to members of the hall...