Word: doubting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...another column there is a complaint about the wretched ventilation of the Library. This complaint is an old one, but for that reason it should be the more quickly answered. The ventilation of the Library is wretched; there is no doubt about that fact. And we think that it is more than it need be, even with the poor facilities for admitting fresh air that are now at its command...
...night the Pierian and Glee and Banjo Clubs are to give a concert in Association Hall, Boston, for the benefit of the University Crew. There is no doubt that the concert will be an attractive one. Few of the concerts of our musical organizations are not. The clubs have practiced regularly and the program of the entertainment has been well selected. It is evident, therefore, that the concert will be well worth having for its own sake. But an additional inducement can be urged if one be needed: that is, the receipts of this concert are to be given...
...itself in mass meetings and monster petitions. This course was what won our voluntary prayer system, and this course alone will unshackle our nine from its present disadvantages, so that it may meet Yale and Princeton on an equal footing. We must begin at once. The faculty will, no doubt, refuse. In that case we must persevere. Let a second and a third petition follow if necessary. If these fail, appeal to the graduates. There is no reason why, by an aroused public sentiment, together with the assistance of the graduates and those members of the faculty who favor...
...lecture on Greek vase-paintings given last night in Upper Boylston by Dr. Julius Sachs was greatly enjoyed by all his hearers, owing to his excellent presentation of this novel subject. The doubt as to the value of classical studies has intensified the ardor of those who pursue them, and has given a new turn to their investigations. Modern archaeology tries to reconstruct the life of the ancients from their monuments, and the Greek vases are perfect storehouses of knowledge about the private life of the Greeks. These vases have been preserved by being enclosed in tombs, and were...
...Darwin had agnostic companions while Asa Gray had theistic companions. Huxley has been more influenced by Darwin than Darwin by Huxley. Huxley rejoiced to call himself an agnostic. So did Darwin, although Darwin at times leaned toward theism. Our great teachers at Harvard have been great theists, and no doubt Gray was greatly influenced by his companions. The theistic form of evolution seems never to have disturbed Asa Gray's faith. I wish to say that through his whole life Asa Gray was a student of theology; but Darwin said he had no time for studying religious truths. Gray observed...