Word: belief
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...true note is struck in the editorial on The Harvard Theory of Championships when the writer expresses the hope and belief that in Harvard the influence which sends men into athletics in order that they may make a club or society is at a minimum. This sets one to wondering just how many degrees worse it is to go into athletics for pecuniary than for social rewards...
Among other things he spoke of the general culture of the people in the Southern nations, Latin America is too unjustly thought of by the rest of the world, and does not deserve the ridicule which is often heaped upon it. Contrary to popular belief, its inhabitants are not mentally inert, and stagnant in action. Those who travel there are surprised at the intellectual vigor displayed in matters of science, literature, and judicial culture. It is true that this activity has as yet no solid foundation, and that the masses need to be further educated. But this end is being...
...Southwork Lectures in Andover Theological Seminary. "Current Problems of Organized Religion, II. The Problem of Belief" by Cannon Henson in Andover Chapel...
...trade, this being done in order to reduce the stock on hand during the summer months. It will also be noticed that the membership of the Wisconsin store is over 9,000, a fact due to all memberships being taken out for life. The plan is based on the belief that life-members will take a greater interest in the successful transaction of the society's business than mere yearly members...
...Southworth Lectures in Andover Theological Seminary. "Current Problems of Organized Religion. II, The Problem of Belief" by Canon Henson in Andover Chapel...