Word: evolutionism
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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EVER since Mr. Huxley's visit to this country evolution has been the prominent topic of discussion in scientific circles. So various have been the opinions which we find in the papers from day to day, that a clear explanation of the theory could not fail both to please and...
Noticing the fact that indifference, though a momentary evil attendant on our first introduction to liberal thought, is by no means a permanent result, we pass to the passage reading: "His elaborate application of Mr. Spencer's doctrine would be only amusing, did it not result in such astounding conclusions...
It is a universal law that in all progress the development is from a homogeneous simplicity of construction to a heterogeneous complexity. Applying this to the evolution of an intellectual society, it is evident that, with the march of enlightenment, thinkers must both become more trained in mind and more...
COMMENCEMENT parts have been assigned to the following Seniors; G. F. Canfield, oration, "Plato's Moral Philosophy"; A. S. Thayer, oration, "Are Time and Space subjective?" J. S. O'Callaghan, oration, "Fatalism"; H. Preble, Latin oration; R. Montague, dissertation, "The Platonic Idea"; W. T. Campbell, dissertation, "The Evolution of Musical...
Instructors have always willingly responded to invitations to lecture to College societies. Such lectures have been instructive, and have been highly appreciated. In 1873 a lecture on art was given before the Athenaeum. Professor Morse, last June, gave an entertaining and instructive lecture before the Natural History Society on the...