Word: certainly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Theosophy asserts the existence of a primeval teaching, tantamount to a revelation, yet deduced from fact and experience. This teaching is known to certain choice souls, is preserved by them, and though at times obscured in different nations, is handed down through the generations of mankind. It runs through science and all religions, and shows a single underlying basis, of which the various phases it exhibits are but variants...
There are certain principles common to all orders. Every one consists of three parts, the entableture the column, and the base. In each one every part bears a certain relation to every other part. One-half the diameter of the column is taken as the unit of measurement and to this every thing is referred. It is not advisable to learn by heart all these relations, but the architect should be so familiar with their various appearances, that he can tell at a glance to what order any work belongs. In all the orders the column is straight...
...right: (a) It rests on the old idea of retribution and is not reformatory. (b) It makes conviction less certain. (c) It tends to weaken the sacredness of human life. (d) It is irrevocable...
...subject of the "Duty of Belief." The word belief, said Professor Emerton, has been so carelessly used that it is now quite undefinable. The Middle Ages have been classed in European history as the ages of belief. At that time a belief was forced upon one; a certain doctrine was necessary. The alternative was banishment from society. Belief invariably preceded reasoning...
...prizes in the first class, and one in the second. In addition there will be a special prize for the best collection of pictures exhibited, and in this case artistic merit will outweigh technical considerations. The committee will hang only such photographs, however, as come up to a certain standard of excellence, both technically and artistically...