Word: attainment
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...human life often seems to a man to be an anti-climax. A young man starts out in the world with high ideals, striving to be perfect, the best in everything, the superlative in all his work. But as he grows older and sees how hard it is to attain even mediocrity, his ideals usually fall. He drops from the superlative to the comparative. He is trying to do better. Later he is content if he obtains the positive, if he can do well, not better than anyone else. So it seems as if all through a man's life...
...business of a Natural History Society must be primarily to promote the study and the knowledge of science among its members; a debating society must first of all give men an opportunity for learning to debate; both, however, can do more than this. A Natural History Society does not attain its highest end till it interests others in science; a debating society cannot produce the best debaters till it brings in from the outside world men who are themselves models in debate, and it cannot be most useful till it gives the public a chance to hear the history...
...Edward Everett Hale took for his sermon: Ephesians iv: 13, "Till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a full grown man." Following is a synopsis of the sermon...
...young student takes upon himself the vows of learning. Learning to be worth much should be tempered with experience, and experience comes only through the outside world. The experience which is to make Harvard men good citizens is that which the members of the political clubs seek to attain. An active interest in the affairs of state, an appreciation of what is good and a judicious criticism of what is not good is the training which fits a man to be of great service to his nation. The more that a discussion of politics and government can be introduced into...
...revenue; civil service reform; and finally, in a word - progress. An honest man who differs from me and our party on Tariff Reform must judge between two questions and strike a balance governing himself accordingly. If a man votes with the Democratic party, it is possible that he may attain his wish and further the cause of Free Trade, but at the same time he will lend his influence for free silver. The lesser of two evils is to vote for a revenue system. I think I can say that the Protection Policy has not lost ground. It is singular...