Word: belief
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...general and active desire for social reform was also a great aid to the movement. The Conference was necessarily held abroad on account of the social prejudices which exist between denominations in England. The chief cause of these divisions is ignorance of one another and of one another's beliefs; knowledge of others is necessary to union, and to obtain this knowledge is one of the chief objects of the Conference. The first conference was held in 1892 in the Valley of Grindewald, Switzerland; about 500 clergymen attended. Last summer the attendance was over 2500. The Conference was immediately successful...
Heretofore, Protestant denominations have been too decided in their own beliefs to pay much attention to the positions of others, and so, have more or less shut themselves off from union with others. The Roman Church has acted more wisely, in this respect, in the institution of its orders. It is to be hoped that the movement begun by the Conferences of Grindewald will tend to unite all sects and denominations in a common belief...
...CLARK'S SPEECH.Walter Haven Clark'96, was the second speaker for Yale. He knew his question well; he made some subtle criticisms of the Harvard men, and had that impressiveness that comes from apparent thorough belief in his side of the question. He had little rhetoric but much argument. In substance he said...
...Reform Club held its second smoke talk last evening at the Colonial Club. Professor Hart was the speaker and gave a very interesting talk on civil service in the United States, taking the point of view of the spoilsman and discussing the arguments which the latter advances for his belief in the distribution of offices among party followers as a reward for service...
...this belief is often entirely genuine, and is shared by a large proportion of the population, it is necessary to meet these arguments in good faith and to show their fallacy. Professor Hart described the general arguments of the spoilsman and showed how their weakness could be most easily pointed out to the man who has no great knowledge on the subject...