Word: clearer
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...sincere and, if need be, "independent" thinking; and in the second place he should consider it to be rather his duty than his privilege to express in public his opinion, in case he may by a careful exposition of his own motives perhaps help others to arrive at a clearer view of political affairs. Now who of us does not believe that President Eliot's views as expressed in his Bay State club speech, are the result of manly, conscientious thought? And, believing this, who of us would deny him the right of every American citizen to state his views...
...north side of the Mont Blanc group in Europe has been visited, for the purpose of getting a clearer idea of the present condition of the glaciers in that region, where the decrease in size of the masses of ice during the past forty years, common to the whole mountain system of Central Europe, from the Pyrenees to the Caucasus, has excited great attention, not only as a matter of scenic interest, but bearing on glacial theories in general. Some geological work was also done in Southwestern England, and a few of the mines of Devonshire were examined during...
...junior crew their swash. Whether this action was intentional on the part of the sophomore boat or not, it is to be reprehended, for it takes from the race what it ought above all things to have-equal advantages for all the crews rowing. Fortunately, the afternoon was much clearer and pleasanter than the morning gave promise to, and, though the wind was strong and the water rough, still the crews rowed in good form and the finish was a close one. To the victors of the hard-won race the congratulations of all are due, and to those...
...judgment of our soundest minds is that theism is to suffer at the hands of evolution, not destruction, but reconstruction. Darwin admitted that no one understood the philosophy of evolution better than the late great botanist. Gray had stronger grasp on philosophy than Darwin. Gray was gifted with a clearer insight into the laws of the physical world. Darwin lost himself in the mazes of the first truths. Darwin had agnostic companions while Asa Gray had theistic companions. Huxley has been more influenced by Darwin than Darwin by Huxley. Huxley rejoiced to call himself an agnostic. So did Darwin, although...
...both are presided over by the same professor from Harvard. To the private schools of New York they are of great value as forming a standard by which the quality of the teaching may be teased, for, even when candidates fail, the failure gives them and the instructors a clearer idea of the meaning of "accurate" work, and already more than one school has acknowledged its indebtedness to them as having been the means of improvising the character of the school. This renders the examinations of especial interest to the people of New York and very valuable to the parents...