Word: belief
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...opinion of the intellectual condition of the students at Oberlin College, which the illiberal and often narrow policy of its faculty so frequently tends to diminish. As to the argument itself, against which the Review so eloquently musters the forces of its indignation, we have still to reiterate our belief in its essential truth, although we are bound to admit that its statement is too broad to be applied, in a literal interpretation, to the case of Oberlin. And, as for the other sins the Review lays at our door-sectional prejudice, lack of candidness, disingenuousness, and what...
Scribner's Sons publish "Malmos, the Quietist," by John Bigelow, and "Outlines of Primitive Belief," by Mr. Kearney, author of the "Dawn of History...
...perfectly upright men may differ. The friends of the society believe that total abstinence is on the whole the best practice; but they respect the views of those who conscientiously differ, and wish it to be distinctly understood that they have no sympathy whatever with those who ground their belief in total abstinence upon anything but common-sense...
...free to change their opinions and habits whenever they see sufficient reasons for changing them. A political club does not require a pledge from each member that he will never change his mind, and join another party. English Free Trade societies do not require a pledge of eternal belief in the superiority of Free Trade over Protection. Neither will this society take pledges for the practice of total abstinence. It is intended that membership shall mean total abstinence, but as a member can withdraw from the society at any time, he will always have his membership in his own hands...
...agreeing to accept what is offered him after that; surely a strange proceeding in a money point of view. Various rumors were afloat at the time of his resignation. Some said that he had been asked to resign by the trustees, while the more general and well authenticated belief was, that President Garfield had offered him the position as minister to one of the courts of Europe. The death of the President overthrew this little plan, and the belief is that he accepted the presidency of the Agricultural College as a last resort, explaining his preference to that position...