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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...bring in God's Kingdom, as we think of it in Heaven, by ministering to the needs of our own communities. In this twentieth century, do not judge a man by what he thinks or feels but by what he is and is doing to make the world better...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Inspiring Sermon by Dr. Abbott | 1/7/1907 | See Source »

...venture to say that we are losing that mediaeval habit of dreaming of the celestial opportunities of day-after-tomorrow. Immortality as revealed by our faith, should mean a man's living now, not that he is going to live at some future time. I count it far better to deserve immortality and not to have it than to have it and not deserve...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Inspiring Sermon by Dr. Abbott | 1/7/1907 | See Source »

...which has heretofore stood near the southwest corner of the Living Room of the Union, was placed yesterday on a pedestal, which has been built during the Christmas recess in the northwest corner of the Living Room. This change was made in order to put the gift in a better light, and give it a more advantageous situation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Union Clock Moved to New Pedestal | 1/4/1907 | See Source »

What has Harvard, either the College or the undergraduate, gained in the last fifteen or twenty years from its numerous thrashings on the river and on the football field? Is the College any better for them? Are the alumni or the students any better for them? Isn't it a good time to do as the merchant does annually: take an account of stock and ascertain if the business pays? The various crews and teams have got some exercise. The men who composed them have got some social prestige and popular notoriety, and the undergraduates some lung-exercise and some...

Author: By Charles G. Fall ., | Title: Letter on Athletics by C. G. Fall '68 | 12/22/1906 | See Source »

Last night the practice consisted of preliminary work in signal plays and passing, followed by a short line-up between two picked teams, in which the first team won by a score of 37 to 10. The forwards played better than on the previous evening, but were still weak in throwing baskets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Basketball Work Last Night | 12/21/1906 | See Source »

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