Word: companionship
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...During the five years of companionship with you, there has grown to be a mutual, strong, personal affection. We believe in your teachings; we regard you as an outstanding figure in the Christian world today; we cannot bear the thought of separation. A great spiritual force has been built up in the Church as a result of your co- operation with us, and we have definite plans for further growth and influence in the years ahead. We will suffer an irreparable loss if you leave us entirely...
...something in life worth striving, worth living, for. She might have found the happiness of life in effort if it had been necessary for her to make any effort. There is also a suggestion that if Blair, the boy she loved, had been able to give her the intellectual companionship of Pelton, her guardian, she might have found in marriage the purpose she sought...
...trying to put religion on the map of intelligible subjects, so that every man can study it and the other sciences without offending either," said the Rev. Percy Stickney Grant'83 speaking on "Religion's Opportunity Today" at the Union yesterday afternoon. "Have the Companionship of Jesus, have the companionship of every lofty soul, but don't rule out learning...
...inefficiency which might be expected. The English college, on the other hand, limits no man's opportunity by the stupidity of his class-mate. The best men are permitted and assisted to reach their greatest possible development; the less capable are allowed to enjoy several years of agreeable companionship and congenial study without the continual harassing of hour examinations, lectures, tests and what not. The individual seeks his level...
...companionship of bores is something that has never been suffered gladly. Ever since the first primeval man was rapped on the head for tire some practical joking, they have been outcasts clinging to the fringes of an intellectual society. Among great men whose names grace the pages of literature Samuel Johnson in particular was accustomed to turn roundly on such offenders, and shout them suddenly into embarrassed silence. The faithful Boswell himself, if report be true, offended on more than one occasion, thereby drawing down on his not too tactful head lightening and devastating thunder...