Word: worldly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...pass now to our second proposition, that the free elective system is unrivalled in the promotion of broad views. As far as it is a question of securing to the student a wide and same view of the world in which he lives, the number of studies which have an equal claim upon his attention are as numerous as the many and diverse activities of our complex modern life. In view of the fairly comparable values of the great number of studies in promoting breadth of view, it is ridiculous to fasten upon any single study or department of study...
...mental exercise, Greek as well as the Latin culture--together taught the many scholars who for centuries kept alive their fame. From these two men and their successors, Ferrara and Vittoria Colona, proceed the greater number of those scholars who afterwards carried the new learning out into the world, not only throughout Italy but into the countries of the west, far beyond her borders...
...revival of learning in Italy," quoted Dr. Sandys at the beginning of his lecture, "was attended by the discovery of the world and of man." From Marco Polo to Columbus the explores of the fifteenth century were discovering the worked; and the discovery of man is evidenced by the awakening of the human spirit from the sleep of the Middle Ages to human individuality and a vital sense of man's dignity. With this came also an awakened interest in the Latin authors. Following Petrarch's discovery of some of Cicero's correspondence came the discovery of the remainder...
...collection of tourmalines, reported to be the largest collection in the world, including rough crystals and cut stones from San Diego county, California, is now on exhibition in the gallery of the Mineralogical Museum. In the same exhibit, which has been loaned to the Museum for an indefinite period by the Himalaya Mining Company, are some tourquoises from San Bernardino county and some chrysoprases from Julare county...
...simple lover of men who tried to give them happiness. We must remember that happiness is character, what a man is, not what he has. A young man on the threshold of life must try to find out what his mission is and then devote himself to making the world better and happier...