Word: worldly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...freedom. Unless we do follow this plan they are likely to fight for their liberty, as has happened often before. Thus we first submitted to England and ended by gaining our liberty, although we were then but a small and weak country. The other great colonizing power of the world, England, has given Egypt a form of self-government. This is our duty; the longer we put it off, the harder it will be. The freedom of the Philippines will be an advantage to the United States as well as to the islanders themselves...
...exact logic, and has discussed the following topics: the new logic and the old theory of knowledge; the elements of modern logic; prolegomena to a theory of knowledge and of reality; and the philosophy of Neutralism. In the concluding lecture, entitled "Modern Logic and the Naturalistic View of the World," he will summarize the results of the previous lectures and will indicate the scope and the possibilities of the philosophy of Neutralism. This lecture is open to all members of the University and of Radcliffe College...
...float with the current. The Arctic regions would provide innumerable opportunities for geographical studies and for the investigation of the upper air currents. New forms of life could be discovered. In addition to all this, the artist would be given a chance to paint the greatest beauty that the world provides. Young, energetic men are wanted for this search for the North Pole; and money is absolutely essential for its success. When both are at hand, we shall be ready for a final attempt...
...Resolved, That the retirement of Dr. Eliot, president of Harvard University, marks an educational epoch, not only at Harvard and in Massachusetts, but everywhere in the educational world; that his high character and keen insight and wise thought have stimulated and changed for the better collegiate, secondary, and elementary ideals and methods and have initiated an influence that will broaden and deepen as the years pass...
...LECTURES ON THE DECLINE OF HISTORIC COMMERCIAL POWERS. I. "The Commercial System of the Ancient World." Mr. Wilfred H. Schoff, Secretary of the Philadelphia Museums. Sever...