Word: conductivities
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...reading, writing, a little music, and gymnastics. These were not sufficient for an education, so before the middle of the fifth century, a class of men sprang up which gave extra instruction. These were called Sophists, or, as Professor Sidgwick calls them "professors of rhetoric and art of conduct." Their whole life was spent wandering about from town to town imparting knowledge by means of lectures and long discourses to those who would pay. Socrates' life was diametrically opposite to this; he did not go about but stayed at home, he received no compensation for his instruction for he considered...
...Lyman Abbott, D. D, will conduct prayers from November 5 to November...
...Phillips Brooks, D. D., will conduct prayers from November 22, to December...
...Lyman Abbott, D. D, will conduct prayers from November 5 to November...
Tomorrow morning Dr. Lyman Abbott will conduct prayers in Appleton Chapel thus beginning his work as one of the preachers to the university. Dr. Abbott is one of the busiest of men and is already doing an enormous amount of work as pastor of Plymouth church in Brooklyn and editor of the Christian Union. To come such a distance to serve the university will necessitate the sacrifice of a great many valuable hours and a great addition to his burden of labor. We hope, however, that his work will be met with such success chat he will not feel...