Word: developing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...first the French and the Anglo-Saxon existed side by side, the one as language of the Court, the higher clergy and the nobles; the other of the people. Gradually as the connexion with Frence grew weaker and at last ceased altogether, and the realm of England began to develop itself under its single kings, the languages began to commingle and to take the direction which has ended in the present English. Even without the Conquest something similar, though not identical, would have taken place, for the Saxon was rapidly changing and would have ended, what with the processes incident...
Gentlemen of the University, you have here a noble endowment. Your founders and teachers have noble aims, nothing less than such a course of instruction as shall develop all the powers and fulfil all the capacities of the soul. But remember that your highest duty to your University begins when your immediate connection with it ceases,- that every scholar is bound to become in turn a teacher, a missionary of the higher culture, showing its beauty in his life no less than in the product of his mind, carrying that lamp of enthusiasm which you have kindled here into...
...proposal for a number of societies is well made. There is need, not only for one society which shall be recognized as the ambition of all students interested in debating, but of many other societies to develop inexperienced speakers. There are very many men in the University who would be glad to practice debate, if only better facilities could be afforded, and there is good reason to hope that the effort to form debating clubs of students interested in particular branches of study would not be spent in vain. Sharp work, however, is needed...
...rather his conversation, would consist of a few desultory reflections on an interview he had had with some young Harvard friends; something about individuality, which seemed to him to be a matter of much importance. That the individual may reach the highest expression of his power, he must develop that which is part of his own nature. Every man should learn to value and to use his own individuality. It is a priceless gift, next in sequence of value to honor and health. It is the one power which all possess and which may lead to permanent renown...
...connection with another passage in the same chapter, Dr. Abbott spoke of our ability ot discern good and evil. He said that man is naturally bad, and in bearing this load of evil his moral faculties are impaired. To develop this power of discernment is life's hardest task and the one upon which we must bestow our greatest care. Every familiarity with evil undermines our moral nature and strengthens the evil that is in us. On the other hand our associations with good break down the wrong and build up the right. God's aid alone is able...