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Those who err cannot be converted all at once and forcibly. They must be gradually raised to a sense of their wrong. The miser must be shown how much good can be done with the money which he has hoarded for himself. The drunkard should be shown the necessity of good fellowship and harmony in his own family...
...felt has been made not by infidels and condescending young agnostics, but by honest and reverend scholars. When we are told that the Bible contains one error, or two errors, we often ask, how then can we be sure that there are no more? But the Bible does not err in anything that it claims for itself, namely, that it is a revelation of God's mercy and love and truth. Occasional anachronisms and inaccuracies in the text cannot by any imaginable possibility affect the spiritual integrity of the Bible. But, the question comes again, can we be sure...
...from Yale, the pennant is ours. At present it looks as if nothing but very hard luck could snatch the final victory from us, but still it is not time to be overconfident. Our old caution may sound too trite to be published again, but it is better to err on the right side, and so we warn the nine that only the most careful individual and team playing can win. We have a good nine, and we want that championship this year. We heartily congratulate the nine on its past work and wish it the same success...
...deal of space and ingenuity in abusing us, in spite of our apology; but we do not think that public opinion will pronounce their reply either called for or in good taste-perhaps they themselves will not in the course of a month or two. It is human to err...
...young men of Harvard whom the author addressed especially, have hitherto had the impression that some of the forms of idealism are as consistent with the scientific method, at least as ordinarily defined, as either realism or dualism can be. Objectivity is not necessarily material. But if we err on this point, we are willing to be corrected, in fact stand in need of correction...