Word: world
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...have been publicly commended by Cardinal Merry del Val for their strong defence of Catholic Truth, include. "The Catholic Churchmen in Science." "The Story of Makers of Modern Medicine," and "The Popes and Science," all dealing with the great part which the Catholic Church has taken in enlightening the world...
...reflecting telescope, the largest of its kind in the world, is now being installed in the Observatory. Its mirror, which was purchased from the estate of Dr. A. A. Common of Ealing, England, in 1904, is five inches thick, has a diameter of five feet, and weighs over half a ton. Three months of continuous work were spent in shaping the mirror from the rough disc, and 410,000 strokes of the polishing machine were needed to give it the required smoothness. The preparation of the site was begun September 28, 1904, and the remounting has since gone on slowly...
...best available account of the ideas that President Eliot has embodied in his addresses may be found in an article written by him for "The World's Work" of October, 1907. The first part of the article is devoted to an examination of the nature and origin of the governmental evils of our cities, while the second part proposes methods of reorganization and reform based on several concrete examples...
...share of the metropolitan debt amounting to some $38,000,000. Although saddled with such a financial burden, Boston is in many respects one of the most fortunate communities on earth. The metropolitan park system, consisting of some seventy parks and playgrounds, is one of the finest in the world; the system of boulevards connecting the metropolitan reservations is nowhere excelled; the metropolitan water system has received encomiums the world over; and the sewer system is, for the greater part, very efficient and has made great advances in its work...
...best historian to successfully gauge the character of the Greek state. His clear and concise statements of the doctrine of "might makes right," his broad criticism of a narrow policy, and his independence of prejudice and envy have made him one of the most eminent historical thinkers the world has ever produced. Thucydides's greatest work, "The Peloponnesian War," is remarkably free from the multitude of trivial details and stories usually inserted by his contemporaries, presenting, on the contrary, the serious attempt of an historical thinker to present the trends and currents marked by the events of the time...