Word: objectiveness
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...these assumptions was taken up and an analysis of this assumption was sketched. We assume in all discussions about the world that there is a difference between the truth of a statement and its falsity. But a statement is true by reason of its agreement with its object, and here arises a difficulty...
...object of my statement is just what I have in mind as my object; otherwise my statement means nothing at all. But if the object of my statement is what I have in mind, how can my statement fail to agree with this object? i. e., how can my statement be false? That our statements are not all true implies, then, that they can have objects beyond themselves with which they can fail to agree. But how can an object that is wholly out of my thought be actually the object concerning which I am making statements? This difficulty once...
...distance in putting the shot is measured by a line at right angles to the starting line, and not in a direct line from the place where the contestant stands to the place where the shot falls. The object of this is to compel the contestants to throw the shot straight, as otherwise they do not get the full benefit of their throw...
...appreciated by the audiences at our athletic meetings. For the last few years, at least, the audiences at the meetings seem to have desired the boxer to confine himself to self-defence and at most only to hit his opponent when he approached dangerously near. Now, we object as much as any to unnecessary "slugging," but our observation at the last few winter meetings has been that much of the best and most legitimate sparring has been hissed. A sparring match consists in something more than "squaring off" and occasionally exchanging a blow, and if the spectators insist in hissing...
...appeal made by the treasurer of the Boat Club in another column ought to meet with such prompt response as to make further appeals for the same object unnecessary. The college should at all events show that it is unwilling to slight the needs of a victorious crew. We hope that the freshmen in particular will see fit to contribute largely. Fewer organizations are dependent for financial support on them than on any other class, and they should show their interest in the success of Harvard's athletics in a substantial...