Word: awed
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...philosopher Walter Berns, this position assumes real moral weight. "Capital punishment," writes Berns, "serves to remind us of the majesty of the moral order that is embodied in our law and of the terrible consequences of its breach... The criminal law must be made awful, by which I mean awe-inspiring, or commanding 'profound respect or reverential fear.' It must remind us of the moral order by which alone we can live as human beings." Which is to say, some animals need killing, if only to remind the rest of us animals how to live. By this standard, state executions...
...said that one must "rend his garments for the death of a teacher." In Deuteronomy (6: 7) children and students mean the same thing. The rabbinical literature of the Pirke Avot lists 48 ways to be an ideal teacher. One must have an understanding heart and a sense of awe at the mystery of life and of other human beings. The mere act of teaching implies that one wishes the world well...
What I have come to realize is that while none of us can dispute that Harvard is big, the joy of being an undergraduate is discovering that Harvard is big in all the right ways. The physical structure itself is breathtaking. I am daily awe-struck by the beauty of a sunny spring day in Radcliffe Yard, the majesty of the Eliot tower presiding over the Charles and the expanse of Cambridge viewed from the wide windows of the Mather high rise. The possibilities for learning are equally awesome, with a course for every interest and with endless seminars, colloquia...
Other rowers call her a role model, echoing the awe Remus felt for the senior rowers her first year...
...product of eons of evolution, is evidence to the author that humans are greater than the sum of their 75 trillion constituent parts, their cells. Some readers will see the miracle of mankind as proof that a Creator exists. Nuland does not. His surrogate for spiritual piety is awe and wonder at the mystery of the human spirit and the marvelous economy of the physiology that embodies...