The American college system is deeply rooted in the past. It will be better understood if we trace briefly its historic connecti
on with the ancient and European seats of learning. Higher education has been promoted among all great nations. Flourishing colleges were founded among ancient people. In the kingdoms of Judah and Israel, schools of the Prophets were located at Bethel, Gibeah, Gilgal, Jericho and Naioth. The Academy of Athens, the Museum of Alexandria, the Athenæum of Rome were once centers of intellectual activity and spread their influence over the civilized world. The Greek race especially commands our attention for its activity in matters relating to higher education. The Academy of Plato flourished for nine hundred years. The schools of Athens are noted for their great and permanent influence in awakening thought and shedding the light of their teaching among the nations of the world. "So charged," says Cardinal Newman, "is the moral atmosphere of the East with Greek civilization, that down to this day those tribes are said to show to most advantage which can claim relation of place and kin with Greek colonies established two thousand years ago." The influences of the scholastic halls of Plato and Aristotle span the centuries with their light and power. Which sentence from the passage makes a broad generalization? 1. The American college system is deeply rooted in the past. 2. Higher education has been promoted among all great nations. 3. Flourishing colleges were founded among ancient peoples. 4. The Academy of Plato flourished for nine hundred years.
An atom is electrically neutral, because the positive charge of its protons exactly balances the negative charge of its electrons. For all atoms, the atom number = number of protons = number of electrons. If the numbers differ, it is no longer an atom, but an ion.
Deconstruction is a critique of the relationship between the text and the meaning originated by Jacques Derrida. It is a form of literal and philosophical analysis and also known as the theory of literary criticism that questions traditional assumptions about certainty, truth, and identity.
