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...Evolution of Altruism. Sympathy, the basis of altruism, seems a very natural thing, yet it is hard to explain. The lecturer asked his hearers to assume that man is descended from the lower animals in his body, and in some at least of his mental faculties. He then traced the gradations of altruistic qualities (those which are not based on personal profit) through the various phases of animal life. In the lowest life no evidence is apparent that the creature realizes the existence of anything outside itself. In higher forms we discern the germ of the nervous system, and later...
...terrible murder was committed in East Watertown last evening, the victim being Mrs. Etta G. Carlton. The crime was committed with a large cobble stone. No trace has been found of the murderer, and the whole affair is a mystery...
...Century," by Thomas Sergeant Perry. This book is an attempt - the first made by a writer of English - to apply to the history and criticism of literature what has been termed the "scientific method" - the method that accepts as of universal applicability the laws of growth. It attempts to trace the source of the various impulses and reactions that mark English literature in the last century, and to show that they were only manifestations of a general development common to all European nations. Critics hitherto have been satisfied to point out wherein they deemed a book good...
...state of mind of the writer when subscribing his name, I have fancied, may be often seen from his handwriting. Some there are who seem to be frightened, so as almost to be unable to leave a legible trace; others seem inspired by their surroundings and turn out specimens that would be creditable to a writing academy. Young ladies seem to be the majority of those who put down their names. Very often there appears a long list of ladies' names, from some distant place, grouped in a pleasant chorus...
...professional trainer, all of which have been discussed over and over again in various college papers. The only importance of the letter is that it shows the different directions in which athletics, at the two leading colleges, are tending. While Harvard is struggling hard to exclude every trace of professionalism from her sports, Yale seems to steadily encourage its introduction into her athletics. The letter incidentally makes a mis-statement in saying that Harvard, at present, employs a professional trainer...