Word: belief
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...enough that Harvard should do well with the odds in her favor; but, rather, the heavier the odds against her, the greater ought to be her efforts. There is a feeling among outsiders that Harvard is lacking in grit to rise to great emergencies. An ill-founded belief we believe it to be, and yet it is undoubtedly a wide-spread one. Much can be done now to refute...
...precisely opposite. As laymen could pretend to no authority over members of the clergy, so now the church holds no power over the civillaw. The church is, in a sense, "established." It is recognized and protected by the law. The constitution of our country makes no requirement of religious belief to make a person eligible for office. Moreover, it forbids the passage of any laws for the benefit of any sect. All beliefs are tolerated, and the law that offers them its protection is independent of them, just as the church was once independent...
...belief that the President would, when it came to a question of action, recommend only mild measures, and that he really intends to hold these measures in reserve in case the mild measures should not be sufficient. We consider it unfortunate, nevertheless, that he mentions any such extreme measures at all. The great body of students in Harvard today feel that some reform in athletics is needed. These students are not greatly prejudiced either for or against athletics; they believe that athletics are good and give undoubted contributions to the upbuilding of health, manliness, and morality; and, on the other...
Professor Emerton addressed the Christian Association last evening on the subject of the "Duty of Belief." The word belief, said Professor Emerton, has been so carelessly used that it is now quite undefinable. The Middle Ages have been classed in European history as the ages of belief. At that time a belief was forced upon one; a certain doctrine was necessary. The alternative was banishment from society. Belief invariably preceded reasoning...
...Protestant Reformation marked a change. Men began to think and reason. A division of the sects followed and every one was permitted to have a belief of his own, suited to his own needs. If he lived up to it, he fulfilled all the requirements of a religion. The same thing is true at the present day. One should put his belief to the test at times, to see if it satisfies his ideas. Religious truth is unlike all other truths. A mathematical truth is proved by a set of fixed rules. Legal or historical truths are governed only...