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John Adam Street [Adelphi development]
No full textNumber 8 John Adam Street (Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce), detail, medallion; Adam House (7-10 John Adam Street) is part of the Adelphi development designed in 1768-1772 by brothers Robert and John Adam. In addition to individual town houses, Robert Adam engaged in a number of urban-planning schemes. He often introduced varied shapes, including squares, crescents and circuses, although his long terraces of juxtaposed houses or unified façades on the sides of a square were more common. For these, he took the principles of his individual town-house compositions and adapted them to large and more complex groupings, often applying the delicate ornamentation in Liardet’s cement. The grandest of Adam’s schemes was the Adelphi, built on leased land between the Strand and the Thames. He embanked the Thames, raising the Royal Terrace’s houses (destroyed) above vaulted warehouses that he hoped the Government would lease. For this, and for the rest of this H-shaped development, he employed his favourite decorative elements, but in a composition without an obvious central emphasis. Though aesthetically satisfying, the Adelphi was a failure financially for the brothers. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 7/17/2010
ADAM SMITH'S OPTIMISTIC TELEOLOGICAL VIEW OF HISTORY
No full textAdam Smith's four-stage theory provides the framework for his writings on history. The fourth stage is the commercial epoch; the culmination of history in this stage is a key component in the conventional interpretation of Adam Smith as a prophet of commercialism. In two historical case studies Smith shows the capacity of commercial society to regenerate itself. This potent capacity suggests that commercial society is inevitable. At a certain point in time it also overcomes the major obstacles to its permanence. Smith's philosophy of history anticipates the end of history views of Kant and Hegel.Political Economy,
How Might Adam Smith Pay Professors Today?
No full textAdam Smith’s proposal for paying professors was intended to induce increased faculty knowledge. If students have imperfect information about what they learn, and universities can only imperfectly measure the input of faculty time in student learning, publications may be used to measure faculty knowledge. If professors’ ability to publish is positively related to their ability to produce student learning, which universities can imperfectly measure, publications may be necessary to attract more able professors. Since research signals faculty knowledge, schools that do not value publications per se could require higher publication standards and pay higher wages than schools that value only publications.
Letter from John J. Adam to A. C. Van Raalte
No full textA letter to A.C.V.R, from John J. Adam, Auditor General, Lansing, Michigan, who notified A.C.V.R. that the purchase of a piece of property by A.C.V.R. was invalid. If he presented the certificate of purchase to the state, A.C.V.R. would have his money refunded.https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1840s/1208/thumbnail.jp
1955 and 1917 Draft Registration for John Adam Randolph
No full textText document 1955 Draft Registration card for John Adam Randolph and 1917 draft registration card for John Adam Randolp
Military Service Record of John Adam Randolph
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Biographical notes on John Adam Randolph
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Dr. John DeMartini interviewed by Chandra Miller and Adam Pinkerton
No full textDr. John DeMartini was interviewed on March 31, 2004 by Chandra Miller and Adam Pinkerton as part of their History 210 class project. Dr. DeMartini was a faculty member in Biology from 1963 - 1999. Dr. DeMartini was also a student at Humboldt State University from 1951 - 1960
ADAM SMITH'S VIEW OF HISTORY: CONSISTENT OR PARADOXICAL?
No full textThe conventional interpretation of Adam Smith is that he is a prophet of commercialism. The liberal capitalist reading of Smith is consistent with the view that history culminates in commercial society. The first part of the article develops this optimistic interpretation of Smith's view of history. Smith implies that commercial society is the end of history because 1) it supplies the ends of nature that he identifies; 2) it is inevitable; and 3) it is permanent. The second part of the article shows that Smith has some dark moments in his writings where he seems to reject completely such teleological notions. In this more civic humanist mood he confesses that commercial society does not supply the ends of nature, nor is it inevitable, nor is it permanent. Both views exist in Smith and the commentator is forced to choose between passages in Smith's work in order to support a particular interpretation of the former's view of history.Political Economy,
John Wesley letter to Adam Clarke, 1786 July 2
No full textTo
Mr Adam Clark[e]
At the Preaching house
in
Plymouth Dock
Sheffield
July 2, 1786
Dear Adam
I really know not what to say. Many desire that you should be in Bradford circuit next year. And I imagined it was your own desire, which therefore I intended to comply with. But if you think you could no more good in another place, you may be in another.
I commend you for staying in the Dock during the conference. Brother King may either come or stay with you, as you shall agree. Be much in prayer and God will direct you right. I am, dear Adam,
Yours affectionately
J Wesle
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