Word: earthly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Some of us build more castles in the air than there is room for on the earth, and from these we must learn to select those deals which are worthy and beautiful. The selection must be made with great care; for no one will, after a mature deliberation, choose an unworthy idea. It is the lack of thought, the lack of careful planning, which leaves one without any high conceptions and makes ones life a failure...
...translation into Latin from De-Quincey's Essay on Alexander Pope, from the beginning through the sentence ending "where earth is forgotten...
...just as ardent, just as trustful in their faith in God, as there were in the days of martyrdom. Again there are men who are perfectly sincere in their belief, that there is nothing in the idea of a God who watches and cares for the mortals on the earth. But there is a third class, in whose hearts the cry of the poor father for a strengthening of his faith, would find a ready response. They are among those who have a sort of faith in God, but whose belief is so small as to be of little comfort...
...John Fiske gave a most interesting and entertaining address on the discovery of America, tracing the course of events which led finally to the voyages of Columbus and Vespuccius. The lecture was admirably if-lustrated by maps, showing the views about the earth's surface which were held by thinking men from the time of Ptolemy down to the 16th century...
...advantages of such a course are obvious and have been considered at other times than this. As Geology IV aims to give us a general and so called popular knowledge of the world, - of the composition and history of the earth, the growth of matter and the development of man - so a popular course in Astronomy would aim to give us a general knowledge of the heavenly bodies, their history, so far as it is known, their relation to each other and their probable future. The Annex already offers a course in Astronomy by Professor Searle, which, being entitled Descriptive...