Word: creation
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...earliest Greek philosophers denied creation and structure, and recognized only change. They insisted on physical causes and their philosophy was a pantheistic materialism. The Ionian philosophers considered everything as developed by extraction from a primal mass. They said there was no beginning and no end, but an eternal motive power. In the latter half of the sixth century, air came to be regarded as the fundamental substance, from which by rarefaction or condensation all matter was produced...
...creation of an adequate navy should be carried on at once.- (a) It requires time to-(1) construct a navy: Forum IX p. 325-(2) train seamen...
...second regular meeting of the Canadian Club of Harvard University, will be held in the Club rooms, Roberts Hall, Brattle street, near Harvard Square, this evening at 7.30. Professor McVey will address the club. Subject: "The Chemistry of the Seven days of Creation." All members are cordially invited to be present and bring their friends...
...creation of an independent Armenian state possible...
...Another characteristic stands out from the legend with which I began this sermon and from the history of the college. 'Founded by act of the people,' The college was the creation of the whole community. From the General Court she received her charter and financial aid; through it she was governed. The college never has been nor can be separate and distinct from the people and their dearest interests. Public spirit moves through her as the winds from the surrounding country sweep through her elms. The pulse of the people can be felt and the movements of the nation anticipated...