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...metaphysical subjects, has given us thoroughly practical results, while Ricardo, a successful business man, deals almost entirely with the abstractions of the science. The writer speaks very highly of Cairnes, the latest of the great writers on this subject. "Mr. Cairnes," he says, "was an economic tight-rope walker; he could go with a cool head through airy spaces, where other men became dizzy or fell to the ground. And at the same time, he had the Englishman's sturdy respect for facts, with more than the ordinary Englishman's willingness to acquaint himself with social systems different from...
Second year honors in Mathematics have been awarded as follows: Honors, Lloyd, '86; Underwood, '86; Buckingham, '87; Pastorius, '87; J. E. Walker, '87. Highest Honors, Gunnison, '86; Osgood, '86; Bocher...
...from this magniflcent be quest. Amasa Stone gave $600,000 to Adelbert College by direct gift and by bequest. W. W. Corcoran gave $170,000 to Colombian University in money and land. Benjamin Bussey gave real estate worth $500,000 to Harvard University. Samuel Williston, William J. Walker, and Samuel A. Hitchcock gave between $100,000 and $200,000 each to Amherst College. Whitmer Phoenix gave the bulk of his property, amounting to about $640,000 to Columbia College. J. B. Trevor gave $179,000 to Rochester Theological Seminary. Matthew Vassar gave $800,000 to Vassar College. Gardner Colby gave...
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Professors Summer and Laughlin, and President Walker discuss the question "Ought Silver to be Demonitized," in the current North American Review...