Word: humanities
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...distinction here for his ability to "judge good liquor and smoke twenty-five cent cigars" has become as much of a curiosity as he was once an object of envy. And we can rejoice that the day is not far distant when those who comprise this variety of the human species will be viewed as accidental mistakes of nature-not as representatives of the ideal type...
...fitting oneself for one's work in this world the first requisite to success is health. How important it is, then, that everyone should understand the working of the human body. How many of those who pass through college and without going to the medical school, and enter on their life work,- how many of them have any proper knowledge of physiology? None. Doubtless a few of the athletic men know something about hygiene as far as training is concerned; and I believe we have had a few things called emergency lectures in times past. But I think that every...
...those young men and should have been very glad if the author had explained what was meant by the "scientific method" in that connection. He states that the human mind has but one way of learning anything, and that the method which he advocates is the only method in philosophy which can yield a ground of settled convictions. This method would modernize philosophy, he believes. Now, if we young men are taught anything, it is that we should seek as many independent points of view as possible. It is true that one of the ablest philosophers in Boston recently stated...
This year Harvard seems more likely to win the championship than for several years before; and if she does, she will deserve it because of faithful training. But we should not be human if we did not confidently hope that when the sun sets on Thanksgiving Day the blue will still float above the crimson...
...better understanding of what the body can reach in fleetness, in dexterity, in strength and in endurance; and in spite of the shock to fastidiousness of a little bruising and a little dust, and a very little blood, it gave a glimpse of the possibilities of the corporeal human nature, which was as beautiful...