Word: gradually
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...religion" the general reaction on the layman of this sensationalism cannot fall to be unfortunate. Censorship and the passage of anti-evolution laws is enough evidence of the prejudice existing against anything which might disturb traditional opinions. Probably the only way to improve such a condition is by gradual education, and the press can do its share by being as informative as possible. To be sure, there is no particular sensation in the fact that a scientific man believes in evolution, but just because newspapers want exciting headlines is no excuse for misconstruing what a scientist really does...
...first stage" of the Royal case was described as "gradual in its onset . . . a general infection . . . little or no cough ... a sense of illness-yet a wish, born of quiet courage and the habit of duty, to make light of the illness and hold on to work, thus adding to the wear and tear of the fever...
...life spanned the 18th century (1703-1791), thus antedating Darwin, but he seems nevertheless to have left a suggestion to his posthumous flock in Tennessee: "The whole progress of nature is so gradual, that the entire chasm from a plant to a man, is filled up with divers kinds of creatures, rising one above another, by so gentle an ascent, that the transitions from one species to another are almost insensible. . . . The ape is this rough draught of man: this rude sketch. . . ." Indeed Wesley had written A Survey of the Wisdom of God in the Creation: or, A Compendium...
...investigation of thousands of observations for latitude of the Naval Observatory at Washington has been analyzed at the Harvard Laboratory and Dr. Stetson announces this appears unmistakeably to affirm the results of his previous study. The fact that this rise and fall of the value in latitude is gradual and systematic and represents a range nearly 20 times the value of the probable error leaves little room for doubt as to the reality of the variation...
...combined field of History, Government and Economics is by far the largest in the College, with 775 members of the three upper classes enroled. It has shown a gradual though steady gain since 1926. Below the divisions of Economics and English ranks as the third largest field History, with 233 concentrators. The combined field of Modern Languages, containing the Romance Languages, German and English, numbers 634 men, a decided drop from its 1926 total...