Word: distinction
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...evening to listen to Professor Joseph Henry Thayer's remarks on the changes in the attitude towards the Bible. Like all the conference meetings, this was very informal and the latter part of the hour was devoted to asking and answering questions. Professor Thayer said that there were two distinct opinions about the Bible, one, that everything in the book must be taken as gospel truth, and that deviation from this would be heresy; the other that part of the Bible may be accepted and part rejected. The Reformation with Luther at its head was an instance of a radical...
...Ward, after briefly reviewing the preceding lecture, called the attention of his audience to the fact that there are two distinct theories relating to the origin of the world and the nature of things in general. The first, or older hypothesis, holds that an uncreated being formed the world with matter he created. He then made man and placed him upon it. The will of this omnipotent being is the force that set the world in motion and from which all energy springs. The second, or modern theory, which dates back to the original experiments of Newton and Gallileo, tries...
...Museum has been most rapidly enlarged both in buildings and connections. Under his curatorship, also, the Museum of Comparative Zoology has been so arranged and remodelled as to leave to Mr. Agassiz's successor, should he resign, as he at present intends, a thoroughly manageable institution with a distinct policy and an income adequate for the normal expenses, including expenditures for research and publication...
...that those who took part in them do not realize that as the officers of the Hall cannot act as policemen, good order in the Hall depends not a little upon the self-control of every member. The tendency towards disorder is one which will grow inevitably if a distinct effort is not made to avoid all such unnecessary demonstrations as those we have mentioned. We ask those who have taken part in these demonstrations to think the matter over, and we are sure that they will not again be guilty of the actions of which complaint has been made...
...Stolen Visit to a Fishing Camp," Mr. Duncan has given a pleasing account of an Exeter escapade. The style is clear and straightforward, and the treatment good. The absence of a distinct head detracts, perhaps a little from the effectiveness of the tale; yet artistic touches here and there give a certain real charm to the story...