Word: danger
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...printing such a story as "Snakes in Ecclesiastical History" the Advocate again seems to be in danger of falling a bit below its level. The plot is effectively brought out but there is some question as to whether a vivid three paged account of drunkenness does not endanger the standard of refinement which the Advocate has heretofore set for itself...
...popular now with the members of the musical clubs as it was in former times, and would do more than any one thing to restore them to the place in College which they formerly held. At risk of repetition it must again be urged that Harvard is in serious danger of being cut out by others where she should strain every nerve to keep a firm foothold; and I believe that the above suggestions would do much, if put into practice, toward helping to establish a stronger representation from the central and western states. A WESTERN UNDERGRADUATE...
...immediate danger to slavery, came in the triumph of cotton and slavery in the Mexican war, the Kansas Bill, and the partiality of the Supreme Court to the South. When at last it grew clearer that the slave labor could not compete on equal terms with free labor and that it was impossible to give salve labor a free chance in the territories, the theory of secession became at once the foremost subject of discussion. So perfect was the unanimity and solidity of the people, that within a hundred days from the election of Lincoln they were seated...
...second danger is lawlessness, and when combined with discontent, the combination forms the greatest danger that threatens our country at the present time. Our country's safety depends upon its law abiding people for the only true stability of any democratic government is its law. No matter in how small a way one is able to do it, every man should do all he can to improve this condition. The man who does not do this is untrue to Harvard, and untrue to himself. It is not ignorant lawlessness, but the deliberate lawlessness of civilization which is most...
...these were drawn out into the creeds which lasted through the Middle Ages. At the Reformation and since, many confessions have been framed, though we all feel, with Harnack, that the time for fresh ones is passed. We have to consider; the value of creeds and confessions, their danger, and by examining some of the prominent doctrines to show their bearing on life and progress...