Word: world
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...Europe. Modest, unselfish and retiring, with the broad outlook and noble charity of judgment which supplement and adorn the highest attainment, he labored steadily onward, never courting prominence or notoriety, but at the same time deeply grateful for the many testimonies of admiration and respect from the world of scholars which poured in upon him in increasing numbers during the past ten years. His last illness, though prolonged, was mercifully almost painless, and it was eminently characteristic of him that up to the very last he found his most congenial occupation in correcting and preparing for the press the work...
...popular belief that college ideals are higher than those of the great world outside, for they are less exposed to contact with its rougher aspects. So college journalism, which may be forgiven many mistakes in style and finish, should never be guilty of any least infringement on the laws of propriety. That any publication, issued at Harvard and circulated in the College, should go beyond the bounds which civilized society erects, is an offence not only to those now connected with the University, but also to all who have labored to build up its high standards...
...Purposes of the convention are to bring together at Rochester representative delegations of students and professors from all important institutions of higher learning in Canada and the United States, and leaders of the missionary enterprise, both at home and abroad, for helpful association and conference; to consider unitedly the world's evangelization; to gain inspiration and a vision of the missionary possibilities of the Church...
Shout! Shout! till the world resounds with...
After leaving Dartmouth, Mr. Fletcher was engaged in numerous occupations until 1895, when he devoted his attention to sociology and especially to scientific research in human nutrition at the University of Cambridge, England, and at Yale. He has lectured on this subject in nearly every large city in the world and has written several authoritative books on dietetics. Last June he was given the honorary degree of Master of Arts from Dartmouth; he is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and President of the Health and Efficiency League of America...