Word: belief
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...today devote almost all their attention to business, politics or society; all their thought is to attain success in some particular line; when they are asked their opinion of Christ they are silent. They 'have not given much thought to that.' Some have a kind of shallow belief; some completely ignore Him. Few antagonize Him, because it is vulgar and contrary to public opinion. It is the Heronian view of Christ and His religion...
...coming weeks. If after the defeat of last Saturday any considerable number of men can allow themselves to look forward in a half-hearted way to the remaining games, it means that we have not yet begun to learn the first lesson of defeat. There is strong reason for belief that this lesson has been learned. It was taught if never before by the stubborn fight at Springfield a year ago after all reasonable probability of victory was gone...
...character of these fables involves the attribution of mind and speech to dumb animals. In India, the earliest home of these fables, this was easy on account of the belief in the transmigration of souls...
...regard to religion, but practical in every day life. They can only be religious by being illogical, and their religion cannot last long because it has neither depth nor meaning. The rest of us, and the greater number, compose still another class. We believe but are perplexed in our belief. This attitude is common among young men, and especially among those who have been reared in evangelical homes. They are taught to believe in a faith in which their parents and friends appear to believe. They too acknowledge it and are in sympathy with it, but their candor and their...
...Springfield game, and she believed that there was overwhelming evidence to this effect. It was impossible for her to have replied in newspapers and, by counter charges, to have created what would undoubtedly have been a lasting breach. But her traditional silence was adhered to, in the belief, persisted in for months, that the charges would die out and that some form of statement would relieve her from the necessity for taking any action. It is an open secret that such a statement as was desired was written by the Harvard captain and that he was dissuaded from sending...