Word: belief
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Representatives from the cities of Cambridge and Newton, from the Metropolitan Park Commission, Associated Board of Trade, Boston Chamber of Commerce and from several private concerns spoke briefly at the hearing. They were united in the belief that the advisability of building the dam should depend first, upon its effect on the general health; second, upon its effect on the harbor and commerce of Boston; third, upon its effect on the park system...
...fact the fundamental belief which gives rise to asceticism is the belief that life is a tragedy and that we are in this world, not to avoid its hardships, but to face them bravely, even to encounter them voluntarily. In modern times the only expression of this feeling is in the military asceticism. This spirit surely should have another outlet; and much instruction may be gained on this point from the lives of the old ascetics...
...house is built in the belief that here also will dwell this spirit of democracy side by side with the spirit of true comradeship, friendship; but today this is a mere shell, a body into which you, Harvard students, and you alone can breathe life and then by a constant and generous use of it educate yourselves and each other...
...When I speak of a college as believing in the truth, I mean first that its president and faculty must be honest and fearless; but I mean more than this. I mean also that a high standard of honor must be maintained by its undergraduates; for, far beyond the belief of most men, the standing of a college in the community and the effect of a college in the country depend on the personal character of the undergraduates...
...belief of the Memorial Society, therefore, that it would be a foolish waste to spend the money, collected under a misapprehension of the facts, in this...