Word: broader
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...mission movement had two distinct motives, philanthropic pity for the moral condition of the heathen, and dogmatic intensity to spread Christianity. The spirit has since grown better and broader because of the growth of humanism and of the increased knowledge of the spirit and life f the East...
...atmosphere of propriety does not in the least preclude high spirits, amiability and wit at home, such as the Frenchman rarely shows outside. The family, in short, is a social organism rather than a collection of individuals as in our country, but at the same time it lacks our broader friendships. Ties of blood are to the Frenchman deeper than ties of affection. In France one must be a good son and a good father, before being a good husband...
...broader representation, geographically, of directors, and their nomination by mail and election by the Australian ballot system in order that the body may be a representative gathering when needed for the discussion of live college subjects...
...speech on "College Spirit, Class Feeling, and the Social Aspects of the Dormitory Question," delivered in the Union last night, before a large audience, gave a clear statement of his grounds for opposing the system of class segregation in dormitories. He showed that class spirit at Harvard is broader than at any other college, and furthermore that there exists here something greater than class spirit, the general contemporaneous acquaintance, fostered by the present dormitory system...
...life? What is the root of it all? It certainly is not universal acquaintance. The man with the broadest acquaintance is not always the deepest man. Class feeling is built on propinquity and contemporaneousness, which is common to every college worthy of the name. At Harvard this spirit is broader than elsewhere, because the system of studies and living fosters acquaintances, which, though contemporaneous, are not restricted to one class. This is my opinion is an enormous advantage, and this is my ground of objection to one class being given preference in one dormitory. Men of contemporaneous interests should...