Word: evil
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Peabody made the introductory prayer, the cxxxviii. Psalm was read by the congregation. Dr. Phillips Brooks spoke very feelingly of the incident of Christ in the wilderness. He said it was at this time that the Saviour of men first recognized in himself that inherent power of resisting evil which He observed other men did not possess. The speaker cautioned his hearers to beware of turning the powers they did possess to base ends, but to devote them to the development of their characters. The music was fully up to its usual standard of excellence. The choir rendered the following...
...great evil of our American civilization is its uniformity. Uniformity in the common school education, uniformity of standards in thought and in action always check a broad development of intellectual life. Then there grows the absolute tyranny of public opinion that stifles all that is good in individuality...
...seems to me that an institution such as the one proposed before the Conference Committee-namely, a club which should stand pledged for the honor of its members-would be entirely foreign to the spirit of the present day. It was a necessary evil among the Normans of England and France eight centuries ago; but, to-day, we must act upon and through individuals. It is not surprising that many objections were found, but the most vital one was overlooked. Men who know themselves to be honorable would feel that they were degrading themselves if they should call to their...
...rushed hurriedly against and cut out by rules whose after affect no one can measure, but it is the duty of every true foot-ball player to give his best attention at once to such action as shall confine the abuse, in order that before another season the evil shall have passed away. While it is considered at the present day an excellent play for two rushers to stand shoulder to shoulder in their line in front of their runner, and as he comes forward to open his path by turning away from one another at the instant he comes...
...taken from us. It is really a great shame that the condition of affairs in the bathing-room is so bad. If anyone who has any influence which could remedy this trouble chances to see this request we call upon his benevolence to do something to alleviate the evil of which we complain...