Word: discussion
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...little memorial volume just published on "Benjamin Peirce," appear four sermons by the Rev. Drs. Andrew P. Peabody, James Freeman Clarke, Thomas Hill, and Cyrus A. Bartol. They all heartily discuss the question whether antagonism or harmony exists between religion and science. The sermons are brief, logical, and clearly written, and will afford good reading for those who take any interest in religious discussions...
...country, and that by their influence and example the tone of our representatives should be raised. It seems most fitting that some elementary training in these matters should come from the University, in the shape of an organization of the students themselves, where political questions could be discussed in as sensible and practical a manner as is compatible with a necessarily limited experience. Reference need only be made to the Debating Club of the Oxford Union to show how successful a similar venture might prove here, if its members were in earnest from the outset. The benefits to be derived...