Word: belief
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...ardent Progressive finds much comfort and satisfaction in the tract under the above title which Mr. Gerard Henderson has written with the purpose of showing that there is but one political creed and that the Socialist is its prophet. The tract confirms the belief upon which the Progressive party is founded, that neither the Republican nor the Democratic party has any realization of the social, political, and economic forces which govern this country, and will continue to govern...
...votes, cannot long lie together in peace." Inasmuch as from the Socialist point of view, the Republican and Democratic parties have already ceased to be vital forces, this would leave a clear field to the Socialist, were it not for an obstinate and eternal American fondness for and belief in individualism; the right of men to combine in various groups; the confidence that capital can be curbed and skilled management utilized without giving up the individual conscience and will to the collective judgment of a body of representatives--for that is what present Socialism means,-- and future Socialism can hardly...
...comfort ourselves with the belief that Harvard's representation has fallen off in the proportion of exceptional students which it contains. The number of honor men who enter the Law School has shown but little variation, either absolutely or in relation to the total number of Harvard men. Of the Harvard representatives in last year's class, who made such a poor showing both in graduation honors and in the Review elections, eighteen, or 30 per cent., had taken their college degrees with distinction; while of the Harvard men in the class of 1909, who took 41 per cent...
Perhaps the explanation may lie in a few misconceived ideas. Many students, for instance, undoubtedly feel that the Chapel preachers would not care to discuss the purely mundane subjects in which they are interested. Yet no belief could be more erroneous, for these college preachers consider it a privilege both to meet as many college men as possible and to talk over with them subjects of the latters' own choosing. Probably no one of these men is visited more than Dr. Lyman Abbott, who spends most of his time, when he is in Wadsworth House, discussing journalism. Nor should...
...letter sent to President Lowell explaining the intentions of the club, the following is found: "It is our belief that the service we have in mind to render is properly the function of a university club and is one, moreover, which will be sincerely appreciated by those who may take up their residence in our city as strangers...