They become day laborers, mechanics, clerks of a mechanical order. Others probably can go on somewhat longer, and obtain higher positions; and there are men who, with extreme variations in endowment, preserve the power of active and original thought far... The Shipley Collection of Scientific Papers - Page 461908Full view - About this book
| Charles Sedgwick Minot - 1907 - 132 pages
...newspaper discussions throughout the country, causing biologists much amusement. But I think that Dr. Osier probably took a far too amiable view of mankind, and...to allude to one more, which is as singular as it ifl interesting, namely, the increase in size of Americans.. It was first demonstrated by Dr. Benjamin... | |
| 1907 - 652 pages
...period when the learning power is nearly obliterated is reached in most individuals very much earlier. Men are not alike. The great majority of men lose...of course, are the exceptional men, the great men." BETSY ROSS FLAG HOUSE. THE Betsy Ross house, 239 Arch Street, where the first American flag was made... | |
| Charles Sedgwick Minot - 1908 - 326 pages
...twenty-five years. Few men after twenty-five are able to learn much. They who cannot, become day-labourers, mechanics, clerks of a mechanical order. Others probably...higher positions; and there are men who, with extreme varia* tions in endowment, preserve the power of active and original thought far on into life. These... | |
| William Walter Smith - 1909 - 540 pages
...They who cannot, become day laborers, mechanics, clerks of a mechanical order. Others can probably go on somewhat longer, and obtain higher positions...of course are the exceptional men, the great men." QUESTIONS FOR THOUGHT AND DISCUSSION. 1. Explain how each man is "his own World Builder." 2. Name the... | |
| Frederick Elmer Bolton - 1910 - 812 pages
...twenty-five years. Few men after twenty-five are able to learn much. They who cannot, become day-laborers, mechanics, clerks of a mechanical order. Others probably...of course are the exceptional men, the great men." * Instincts Antecedent to Great Interests. — It is no less true that there are nascent periods for... | |
| Frederick Elmer Bolton - 1910 - 810 pages
...twenty-five years. Few men after twenty-five are able to learn much. They who cannot, become day-laborers, mechanics, clerks of a mechanical order. Others probably...somewhat longer, and obtain higher positions; and there arc men who, with extreme variations in endowment, preserve the power of active and original thought... | |
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