Word: aime
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...beginning of the Christianera, the Greek philosophy had grown to be extremely practical. The school of philosophers taught self-command and discipline. Its aim was personal culture. A writer on that school, Epictetus made a great point of the effect that philosophy produced on a man. The other element of the philosophy, the religious element, was beautifully set forth in the writings of Seneca. His doctrines were that God was a friend and a loving father to all. Even the most miserable of men felt God's munificence. Man was a living sluine of God. This was a very sublime...
...America. In England men graduate at about the same age as in America. There, however, most members of the more highly educated classes are rich, here they are poor. In England, consequently, an aristocratic system of education is possible; university education in America, on the other hand should aim above all to be democratic...
...cast, generally speaking, is most successful in the Texan manners, and Miss Walsh in particular displays charming abilities as "Bossy" Brander. Mr. Murphy is amusing as the cattle king, and Messrs. Stanley, Cullington and Finlay perform their parts successfully. The Texas Steer, despite its title, has a higher aim and a more sensible plot than most of the author's other works...
...chief interest of the meeting to me was centered in the President's report. The Club sustains two funds, a charity fund and a scholarship fund. The aim of the former is to rescue worthy Harvard graduates from financial emergency. For this fund, as the President happily remarked, there is little use, since but few Harvard graduates are at the same time worthy and penniless...
Professor Royce, in closing, points out that the aim, is not to diminish the work required of a student but to encourage preparatory schools to anticipate what now forms the early part of the college course, so that if they are willing to send a man to college more advanced by half a year, Harvard is willing to compromise by giving him the other half year, that is by reducing the work from eighteen to sixteen courses. The closing thought is: "Harvard wants to produce scholars...