Word: ardor
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...Early in his career Mr. Greenough was impressed with the importance of Comparative Grammer, both in itself and as an aid to a student of the Classics, and he took up the study of Sanskrit with ardor. In 1872 he established the first courses of instruction in Sanskrit and Comparative Philology given at Harvard, and he continued to conduct these courses, voluntarily, along with his regular instruction in Latin, until the appointment of a Professor of Sanskrit...
...years went on, there arose the need of more compact church organism; for the early spiritual ardor was growing less, and strong authority was necessary to bind together the Christian church. The superintendence of the church's alms, the regulation of the confused church service, the need for some authoritative tribunal to exercise spiritual jurisdiction--all called imperatively for a more firmly established system. In response to these needs of the time, the clerical order did become more firmly established, and in the writings of Clement of Rome, within a generation after the death of Paul, is first prescribed...
...John, who have brought the gift of a new illumination to the converts of the young deacon Philip. They have taught and blessed, and the marvelous tokens of this transforming presence straightway became manifest in them. Simon sees and wonders at it and eager to rouse a kindred ardor says: "Give me this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost." The text is St. Peter's answer...
Maybe we are listless and our ardor is too tame...
...required. They must inevitably realize that two weeks in camp as the nearest approach to actual service, would prove of more practical value than months of maneuvering here in Cambridge. Moreover, the little inconveniences of even the luxurious Boxford Camp might serve to take the edge off the ardor of featherbed soldiers, and thus prevent inefficient enlistment...