Word: comprehend
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Nietzsche called himself an atheist, although he is in reality a God-seeker, since he longs for the holiness of an eternal ethical value in life. He has been mistaken for a philosopher. Critics who have sought to condemn him on these grounds have thereby failed to comprehend his message, since his works cannot be analyzed according to ideas, but must be understood in regard to mental attitudes...
These are a few of the phases of a course at Harvard that are unknown to western schoolboys, who in their ignorance have become prejudiced; and this very prejudice has been strengthened by the testimony of their few Harvard friends, who, laboring under the same ignorance, were unable to comprehend in time the complexity of the life they found in Cambridge. For the relieving of such a condition Faculty and undergraduates are alike responsible...
...normally conservative quality and while it is intolerant of oppression it is amenable to reason. If it will it can treat Municipal Ownership dispassionately and in the interests of public welfare, of financial stability and of local exigency. But whether the expansion of the function of Government comprehend Municipal Ownership of public utilities or confine itself to provision of increased privileges of education and recreation, to public baths, libraries, etc., it is bound to be costly and it is doubtful if the most economical administration would substantially reduce the City's annual budget as the demand for public improvements growing...
...invisible." This statement, said Dr. Van Dyke, is a record of the victory of the seventh sense. Besides the ordinary five senses, and common sense, which should be added to these, there is another, the possession of which distinguishes man from beast--the power to look ahead and comprehend the invisible. This keen perception of the unseen, or, as it sometimes is, merely the power of putting two and two together, has been a characteristic of the most eminent men of history. Without it such leaders as Moses. Washington, and Lincoln, or scientists like Newton and Franklin would have been...
...evidenced in Harvard's offensive play. Long end runs marked the game, and varied the usual line plunging tactics. On the defense, however, the eleven was not nearly so strong. Quick tandem plays and simple tricks were used by Bates to advantage, as the Harvard line was slow to comprehend and check them...