Word: benefited
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Sunday evening, March 4, the annual benefit tendered Assistant Manager C. J. Rich of the Hollis, will be held at that place. The program will contain names of the best known professionals...
Sunday evening, March 4, the annual benefit tendered Assistant Manager C. J. Rich of the Hollis, will be held at that place. The program will contain names of the best known professionals...
...petitioners. He showed the rapid progress that has been made by the Annex since it was started fifteen years ago. He said that the purpose of the college in furthering the enterprise had not been to found a distinct woman's college, but to give to women the benefit of its collegiate course. Although the officers of the University do not deem it advisable to incur the expense and responsibility that would be involved by conferring degrees upon graduates from the Annex, yet they wish to give the Annex all practical advantages that may be derived from the patronage...
...church became distinct, the latter remained all-powerful for a long time. Ecclesiastical officials claimed for members of their brotherhood immunity from the ordinary duties of citizenship. In England the clergy possessed the right to punish for crime all accused persons who could prove their right to the "benefit of the clergy" by reading a passage from the Bible. As late as the sixteenth century, a clerk in orders could be only branded for murder. The well-known story of Becket's struggle against Henry shows the power that the church possessed...
...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...