Word: atheism
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Dates: during 1882-1882
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...observed at Oxford. More and more the religious tests of the professorships have been relaxed or removed, until they have almost entirely disappeared. The community would not tolerate an atheist as the Harvard president any more than an atheist would be tolerated as the vice-chancellor of Oxford, because atheism has not yet been tolerated in good society; but an important principle has now been vindicated for both institutions - the principle that learning, whether Christian or secular, must be co-extensive with present life, and must reflect the spirit of the times...