Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Voted: That the trustees of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology accept with thanks the offer of the trustees of Mrs. Hemenway's estate contained in their letter of April...
...pure and spotless heart, to being crowned by royalty of character, and we do fear the iron chains of habit and the torture of remorse. What now does this allegory in the Revelation mean? These four beings, rather than beasts, are personifications of four qualities necessary to the acceptable service of God. First is the lion standing for courage. To serve God the most necessary of all things is courage. From the first to the last is needed bravery and firmness. There is always temptation to be faced, trials and dangers to be met,- without independence and a firm courage...
There are various sects and doctrines in India, said Vivekananda, some of which accept the theory of a personal God, and others which believe that God and the universe are one; but whatever sect the Hindoo belongs to he does not say that his is the only right belief, and that all others must be wrong. He believes that there are many ways of coming to God; that a man who is truly religious rises above the petty quarrels of sect or creed. In India if a man believes that he is a spirit, a soul, and not a body...
...voted by the Union to accept whatever action in regard to the City Hall which the executive committee shall take...
...obliged to work nearly all night to support himself. He was summoned before the Areopagus because he had no visible means of support, but when the council learned the true state of affairs, they commended him and made him a present, which Zeno forbade him to accept. Cleanthes was different from most of the philosophers of that time, in that he did not care for fanciful syllogisms and high sounding logic, but he was a quiet man who did a good deal of thinking. He was known among his contemporaries as "The Ass." His biographer, after enumerating all his stupidities...