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...nearer to the Delta of the Nile than any other Greek or Aegean land. Crete, then, could be taken as a middle point between Europe, Africa and Asia, and it was made possible for the diffusion of Egyptian germs to be transmitted through Crete into Northern Europe. Hence we need feel no surprise when we note that the first historical datum in the history of the West and the Mediterranean is the tale of the Cretan king, Minos, and of his sea-empire by which piracy was kept in check and the expansion of peaceful commerce fostered...
...research. In reality the brain vibrations themselves set the nerves in motion, and in the circle from the sense vibrations to the resulting bodily movements consciousness nowhere enters in. Consciousness is not aroused by brain action, it is not a link in the chain of physical sensations and it need not perish when the physical brain is dead...
...caps and gowns. I say that the plan will be successful, if only half of the class wear them; for those will be known to be Seniors and will be recognized as such. It will not make any difference to those who are so well known that they need no distinguishing mark, and those who are too much ashamed of their class or too indolent to take the trouble--little as it is--may well be left out of account. Those most interested in the class will welcome the chance to wear caps and gowns during the spring term...
...crowded hallways, in Leavitt's or in the Oak Grove, at the base-ball games or at Yard concerts. The class would be cemented. Everyone would have a feeling that he belonged to something tangible and not to a mere string of numbers that meant nothing. No one need be ashamed to wear a cap and gown who is not ashamed of the class. On the contrary, the pride which most men have in the class, in spite of the letting down of the bars due to the elective system, should make every man proud to wear the togs that...
...that the old name "Simon" connoted, and yet he was not ashamed to use it. There was no sting in the old memories, no rankling of the old faults and failures, because he had made them the stepping stones "to brighter things." Old sins, if they have been conquered, need never cause remorse...