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Three questions naturally asked by a man who contemplates making forestry his life-work are: If he prepares will he find work to do? Will it pay? What sort of life is it? As to the first question-there is no fear of lack of work to do for years to come and it is college graduates who are wanted. In New York, New Jersey, Michigan, California and many other states activity in this field is beginning. In regard to pay, salaries are from $1000 to $2500. Just as in college teaching a large part of compensation...
Before coming to Harvard, where he graduated with high honors, Mr. Brown attended the Pennsylvania Military College. His life since has been devoted to the cause of education. From a small school for boys he built up a day school that has become an important educational center in Philadelphia. Indeed, his personal influence among boys has been so great, and his life-work so successful, that he has often been compared with Dr. Arnold of Rugby...
...Sunday at his funeral hundreds of people of all stations and means stood on the lawn before the overcrowded house, and attested that this mere boy of twenty-eight years had gone far in his life-work, his crusade, and had done it well...
...women engaged in a common work we owe another debt-a debt that is shared by all workers in libraries. To the administration of libraries he brought abilities of such an order as had rarely if ever before been so devoted, and he proved that such abilities are not wasted but on the contrary are demanded in the care of books. Whoever, therefore, shall devote himself to the care of books must find his work dignified, his place in the community elevated because of the life-work of Justin Winsor...
...Buddha Legend.- Buddha as a sun-myth.- No "Life of Gotama." - "The Light of Asia."- Historical basis of the tradition.- The Bodhisat. Gotama's birth and youth.- His names.- Retirement from the world.- Attainment of illumination.- Life-work.- Death...