Word: digested
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...oration delivered before the fraternity by Dr. O. P. Gifford, upon "The Problem of Life," an ode by Mr. Hill, Harvard, '85, a poem by Prof. Dudley of Cornell, and reports and letters from the various chapters of the society. Dr. Gifford's oration is a curious digest of the Platonic theory of Reminiscence and of Wordsworth's adaptation of it. It is in many respects a notable address, showing a tolerable grasp upon the real significance of our modern methods of life, and attempting to prove that to-day as in the days of Socrates...
...general, one goes to the classics rather than to living languages. The study of Modern Languages is made to engage the memory alone, and those who undertake the study tend. in consequence, to "become simple information-machines, stuffed with systems of facts that they have no chance to digest ; and they come to play mere parrot roles, learning their task-work without any stimulus to awaken their powers of observation or shape their judgment...
Almost immediately on our arrival we were summoned to dinner by our careful captain, that we might eat and sufficiently digest our food before rowing. On assembling around the table we were greeted by the familiar face of Robert Churchill, the cook, and two dark satellites of his whose features were unknown to us. About two hours after dinner, everything being ready, we took a short row in the cool of the evening...
...principal thing is to read. In most cases some particular field will probably draw attention and make a merely general reading impossible. Above all read steadily; that is, do not draw out fifty books one month and only one or two the next. Find out how much you can digest and make an effort to accomplish that amount in a given time. [Dartmouth...
...before them and gain their consent for its publication. This statement has already been published in the New York papers, and I would recommend the students of Harvard who desire to get at the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, to read, "mark, learn and inwardly digest," although, as a prominent daily of this city very aptly states, all Columbia need do for a complete vindication of her course in the matter, is to show the referee's report...