Word: humanities
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...egotism is opposed by his will and turned into altruism, and his intelligence, which distinguishes him from other members of the animal kingdom and raises him to the realm of a divine being tends to offset his lack of efficiency in producing happiness. As the intelligence is developed, the human race will tend to become a "race of gods," which is the ultimate end of the universe...
...Jefferson, Mill and George. Abraham Lincoln said: "No man has a right to do wrong." Equality is an equal distribution of wealth among the classes of society, and the equal distribution of the means of consumption is desirable. Self-interest and intelligence are the most prevalent useful qualities in human nature; the former should be used to impel, and the latter to direct, human conduct to the end of utility. Anarchy is a false view of liberty, oligarchy seeks the happiness of only a few, while democracy is an attempt to apply the precept of interest and intelligence. Individualism...
...teaching is a thing by itself. I, myself, find difficulty in understanding from what it springs. Surely, through it must be moving that sign of perception that leads the teacher to understand that which is working in the mind of the pupil. It involves the appreciation of human nature that keeps one of older years in sympathy with one of younger years...
Dentistry begins its service to the human being in childhood, and endeavors to keep as long as possible the first teeth. Then begins the filling of teeth in which caries has appeared, the professional exhortation to cleanliness of the teeth, and the instruction in the means of keeping the teeth clean. The next service which the skilful dentist can render is straightening the second teeth when they appear in an irregular or disorderly manner. This is a service of no little consequence, for fine teeth contribute much to the comeliness of any human face, because the delightful human gesture called...
Individual competition has done more than anything else to make the nation what it is. Socialism is self-contradictory and opposed to deep-rooted and ineradicable human instincts. If everything is accessible to all, why should man strive for something that will not be remunerative to him? Each is proud of his own skill, knowledge, and ability. Socialism in the United States would drive those of superior qualities out of the country, to where such qualities would have a free chance...