Word: way
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...given a very interesting prospective plan for the future architectural development of Harvard University. This plan has been made possible by the gradual investment by a few interested graduates, who, by acquiring the land from Massachusetts avenue to the river between Holyoke and DeWolf streets, have opened a way for a model university plant...
...debate on the substance of his speech, everything that he said having a close relation to the question at hand. His speech was well-presented, but he was surpassed in this by Ehrmann, who earned his position not so much on the subject-matter as on the way in which it was presented. Although the other speakers showed care in preparation, the work of Collier and Ehrmann easily excelled. All phases of the question were discussed and there was a general division on the most advantageous solution. All the speeches, summaries of which are given below, were exceedingly interesting...
...could best be corrected by the income tax, yet this tax is felt much less by the rich man than by the poor man. There is an inequality of sacrifice. But the solution is that the rich man should be taxed more in proportion to his income. In this way the income tax would force the people to be perfectly honest. France's income would be increased and the national debt would be diminished. An income tax more nearly approaches ideal justice than any other tax France can impose...
...going into law, or medicine, realize, even while they are at college, that there are restrictions placed upon them by custom, if not by law, which require preparation in a very special way. This is in every way of benefit to the community, I admit, but he who goes into the profession of teaching goes into it as he himself sees fit. He studies what is of interest to him, and he teaches this when he gets out into the world. He is free, in a sense that no other professional man is. If he wishes to go into public...
...that is possible to see,--to show up to you all that is within that subject, that man is capable of discovering. There is constantly in the college community a lifting up from plane to plane, higher and higher. The social life combines with the intellectual in such a way as to make the life charming in an especial degree...