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...modern inventive activity of man has long been foreshadowed among primitive peoples. There has been something of mechanical skill in them all, and this instinct has in many cases been brought to a great degree of practical perfection. In the great majority of cases, in primitive folk-lore, the origin of all invention has been attributed directly to the God or Great Spirit. His very name has in many cases meant simply maker, shaper or in some cases even potter. He has been thought to have originated every single thing and men simply to have learned from him. From...
...origin of coral islands...
...annual dinner of the Signet Alumni Association was held Saturday evening at the University Club, Boston. The speaker of the evening was President Eliot, who referred to the origin of the society thirty years ago, and spoke of the development of the University since then. Professor Kittredge and Professor Palmer and Mr. Edward B. Hunt, '78, also spoke. Professor March, President of the Association, presided...
NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY.- Botanical Section.- Meeting this evening at 7.30 in 24 Hilton. Mr. Fernald will speak upon "The Geographical Origin and Distribution of Maine Plants...
...faculty, graduates and advanced students in the college on "The System of Graduate Courses in Cambridge University." Professor Andrew Seth of Edinburgh University, delivered two lectures on "Theism." Karl Brugmann, Professor of Indogermanic Philology in the University of Leipsic, delivered a lecture in German on "The Nature and origin of the Noun Genders in the Indogermanic Languages." The last of the lectures was given by A. A. W. Hubrecht, Professor of Zoology in the University of Utrecht, Holland, on "The Descent of the Primates...